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In this episode we have Janet Corrington, who is a counselor, neurofeedback brain trainer, step parent, foster parent, and adoptive parent and we\u2019re going to be talking about the difference between fostering and adopting. She tells us about foster parenting and how the government is often quite involved while you\u2019re taking care of kids. They have a say in how you parent these children in a certain way and it will remain that way until you actually adopt the child, in which case they become a part of your forever family. When working with the foster children, Janet and her spouse try to help them develop if they\u2019ve skipped or didn\u2019t get the opportunity to develop a certain level of growth, such as helping them read, or if they struggle with peeing the bed they\u2019ll help them stop that habit so that when they move on to the next family, they\u2019ll go having learned a little more of how to function in the world.

Janet\u2019s background and the good and bad of foster care 1:13
Some of the things that were harder when she started fostering 16:04
Talking with the kids and helping them develop 25:50
The reward 34:04
Having to deal with people\u2019s opinions 40:54
Reach out to Janet 45:04

\u201cI think it\u2019s very difficult for everyone. By that I mean the work itself isn\u2019t difficult and having them live with you, it\u2019s not that kind of difficult that way. It\u2019s difficult in that it pulls at your heart strings and it hurts to feel like they\u2019re going to be gone, so you go through this grieving process and it\u2019s like you\u2019ve lost a child when you\u2019ve gone.\u201d 19:32

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