[Clinging Bitterly]

Thank you. We had ties to the girls' parents, divorced and troubled in other ways too they walked away from the kids. We picked them up in their teens and they had already seen plenty of instability. They took a lot of energy and it was also financially tough but we did everything we could for them, they are off with their own families now and they struggle like young families do.

We are a lot older now and I don't know if we would do it again, if certain situations arose I think we probably would.

[papertyger]

No. Thank YOU.

Keeping those kids out of “the system” is probably the ONLY thing that gives them a chance at a life not filled with sorrow.

The things I’ve learned about the literal brain physiology of children depending on how they are raised should TERRIFY “hobbyist” parents.