Do you have to take parenting classes to become a foster parent?

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Yes. This is implemented in order to help a soon-to-be parent (adoptive or foster)prepare for their future rolls.

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Description : Funny bad parenting moments? Have you had one as a parent? or do you remember one from when you were a kid?

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Description : Why aren't parents required to take a parenting class?

Last Answer : No the more we try and make everyone conform to requirements the less freedom we enjoy. It is getting out of hand how much control we are allowing government to take in our lives.

Description : People who have been in foster care, would staying in an abusive home have been better?

Last Answer : For many people, being in ‘foster care’ was just, if not more, abusive than staying at home

Description : Where is the article about the look of some women that Robert Foster might be referring to?

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Description : What do you think about Miss. candidate Robert Foster refusing to be alone with female reporters? Over the top or covering his butt?

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Description : Should Catholics or Jews be banned from taking in foster children?

Last Answer : I think anyone who is religious should be banned. Why stop at just Catholics and Jews? Why not Mormons too, at least?

Description : Do you think there should be a reconsideration about the foster care system in the Untied States?

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Description : If everyone gets a prize, doesn’t that devalue the top prize and foster mediocrity?

Last Answer : People are ego-driven creatures, the win itself is motivation enough for most. Why do you think people get so competitive even in situations where there is no prize?

Description : What do you think of this case, where a 200 pound 3rd grader was placed in foster care because (the state said) the mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight?

Last Answer : The state has a point. The question is whether the kid can be predicted to fare better when thrown to the whims of he state. When does the need for clinical intervention overtake the nurturing of a loving parent?

Description : What is your opinion of foster homes based upon personal knowledge?

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Description : What is your opinion of foster parents for teens? Do you know any?

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Description : In your opinion, is putting obese kids into foster care a wise plan?

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Description : Do foster homes have agents check on them once and a while?

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Description : Do foster homes deserve their bad reputations?

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Description : Is a video or audio recording of David Foster Wallace's Kenyon Commencement Address available online?

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Description : Are those Texas momon cult kids better off in foster care or with their whacko mothers?

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Description : What feelings did the re-discovery of India’s past foster among Indians? -SST 10th

Last Answer : The re-discovery of India’s past roused the feelings of self-confidence, patriotism and nationalism among the people. among the people.

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Last Answer : During the British rule in India there was acute unemployment problem. There were many people trying to get few jobs. This tempted people to ask for reservation in jobs on the basis of caste, creed or religion. Thus, economic backwardness helped in fostering communal feelings in India.