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We had to fill out a ton of paperwork for the homestudy. There were a ton of questions on the paperwork. All kinds of questions on all different subjects. I didn't think I was ever going to get done filling out paperwork and answering questions. I had to answer all kinds of questions like: Were you ever in DHS? Were any of your family ever in the system? Was there any abuse in your family? What do you think your parenting style is? How do you think you will handle the foster children that will be coming into your care? What do you think your reactions will be in such and such situations? Do you and your spouse agree on this? Etc. ,Etc., Etc. Then when we thought we were all done with the questioning a person with an agency (not the foster care agency) set up an appointment with us to come into our house and ask us more questions. She went over all the questions that we had answered already and asked new questions or asked the same questions in different forms. She talked with me by myself and with hubby by hisself, then with both of us together. At the same time she was observing how we were parenting our son at the time. (I was unaware she was doing this until she told us afterwards). She was observing how we were treating him and how we were interacting with him. Then we had to show her all through the house (every room, nook and cranny) show her a working fire extinguiser, a escape plan for the house in case of fire or other emergencies, and checked to see that all the smoke detectors were in good working order with fresh batteries in them. We passed the homestudy easily. It sounds more intense when I put it in words that it actually seemed at the time. Next time I will expound on question three in the previous post a little bit. So, until next time: Have a Blessed Day!! |
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