{"id":8800,"date":"2020-09-14T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensbureau.org\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:23","slug":"kris-corner-foster-care-isnt-what-you-think-it-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/ht\/resources\/news-library\/kris-corner-foster-care-isnt-what-you-think-it-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris&#039; Corner \u2013 Swen adoptif se pa sa ou panse li pral ye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Se konsa, mwen te chimen sem\u00e8n sa a sou sa nou te panse swen adoptif ta tankou kont sa li te fini yo te pou nou.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Sa a pral evidamman tr\u00e8 diferan pou chak moun, men isit la se jis k\u00e8k nan panse mwen ak divagasyon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Sa gen sis ane sem\u00e8n pase a, yon ti bebe ti bebe, ki byen pi ba pase-a-kwasans, ki frajil medikalman te vin abite av\u00e8k nou. Epi li pa janm kite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Sa a se toujou yon b\u00e8l bagay pou mwen, paske nou pa t &#039;antre nan swen adoptif ak entansyon pou adopte. Se pa ke mwen pa t &#039;vle li ta rive (paske mwen te vle li), men pa t&#039; antre nan vwayaj la ak li k\u00f2m &quot;objektif la&quot;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Men, mwen te konnen nan k\u00e8k jou (oswa pet\u00e8t jis \u00e8dtan, si mwen totalman on\u00e8t) ke mwen pa janm te vle l &#039;viv nenp\u00f2t l\u00f2t kote. Mwen pa t di nan desizyon sa a pandan plizy\u00e8 mwa, jiskaske TPR te eminan epi DCS te mande nou si nou ta vle adopte l. Repons lan, nan kou, se te &quot;wi&quot;!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Tanpri, pa tande sa mwen pa di: nan okenn fason mwen vle di ke grandi yon fanmi atrav\u00e8 swen adoptif se yon objektif terib yo genyen ... paske li absoliman pa! Anpil fanmi antre nan swen adoptif k\u00f2m yon fason yo grandi fanmi yo ... e sa se yon bagay b\u00e8l bagay ak etonan, paske gen anpil timoun nan mond nou an ki bezwen (epi ki merite) yon kay ki an sekirite ak renmen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Men, mwen konnen ke se pa tout moun ki gen entansyon grandi yon fanmi atrav\u00e8 swen adoptif fini pa kapab adopte. E pandan m pa konprann li n\u00e8t, mwen konnen se vre. Mwen te mache ansanm ak temwen li an premye ak k\u00e8k nan zanmi manman adoptif mwen yo. Li difisil pou gade, men evidamman pi difisil pou f\u00e8 eksperyans. Mwen pa gen mo pou m mete sou sa sa ye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Yon l\u00f2t atant nou te genyen (oswa omwen mwen te genyen ... Mwen pa konnen ke mari m &#039;te janm santi tankou sa a ta ka a) se ke nou ta gen yon &quot;wotasyon p\u00f2t&quot; ak ke timoun yo ta vini epi ale jan nou te bezwen ak ke nou ta toujou gen yon plasman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Yo te mete atant mwen an ch\u00e8k apre adopsyon pitit gason nou an; Mwen te espere ke nou ta kapab sote tounen nan yo te &quot;aplentan adoptif paran&quot; ank\u00f2. Nou te planifye pou pran yon ti repo (tankou anpil kay f\u00e8 apre yon adopsyon) epi jis f\u00e8 rel\u00e8v pou yon ti tan ... men L\u00e8 sa a, evanty\u00e8lman nou ta pare pou sote tounen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Men, kontr\u00e8man ak sa nou te espere f\u00e8, sa pa rive. Pa f\u00e8 m mal...nou te eseye apepr\u00e8 yon ane apre adopsyon li. Nou te plase 8 mwa timoun ki pi choute, fasil-peasy av\u00e8k nou. Li te dire yon mwa. Poukisa? Paske pitit gason nou an pa t &#039;kapab okipe li. Pa nan yon fason ki gate, men nan yon &quot;Manmi, mwen bezwen ou ... Mwen bezwen tout atansyon ou, paske mwen toujou gen anpil pwobl\u00e8m mwen bezwen rezoud.&quot; Se konsa, nou deranje plasman sa a (e wi, dez\u00f2d rive ... plis sou sa nan yon p\u00f2s pita).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Se konsa, ou pral antre nan swen adoptif ak atant. Tout moun f\u00e8 sa. Ki jan ou ka pa, paske tankou tout eksperyans lavi, ou panse ou konnen ki jan sa pral ye. Ou te li liv yo, pa vre? Ki jan difisil li ka? Men, si nou on\u00e8t ak t\u00e8t nou, bagay yo raman ale jan yo espere, kidonk poukisa swen adoptif ta diferan? Li pa pral. Se konsa, mwen devine sa m ap di a se sa a: pa gen atant sou ki jan bagay yo pral vire. Oswa omwen, ESEYE pa gen atant. Atant yo pa tout move, men William Shakespeare te di li pi byen, &quot;Atant se rasin tout chagren.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Sens\u00e8man,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Kris<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have been ruminating this week about what we thought foster care would be like versus what it has ended up being for us. This will obviously be very different for every single person, but here are just a few of my thoughts and ramblings. 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