This is also something that we will be considering once our little ones are a bit older. DH's parents foster kids and have done pretty much all of DH's life. The first coming to stay when he was 3. The do more long term care. The most recent was a boy & a girl from a family where the parents would drug them and the father also let his mates rape the 7yr old girl. Apparently he wasn't getting off on watching them with his wife anymore :fuming: !! They had these 2 for about 8 months and in that time both kids did so well in their school work etc it was amazing.
The hardest I think they have had was a 3 week old baby girl who was only meant to be a week but stayed till she was 12 weeks. The mother was on drugs. They said giving her back was the hardest thing.
They have had bad and good. Alot of the kids they get are aged between say 7 & 14. They are often asked to take up to 4 kids at once!
I think DH would love to foster kids but am glad he has had the expossure to know that its not something to do while your own kids still need so much of your attention.