There's no easy answer. You just gotta talk with close friends about it.
Taking care of more children would be difficult for my wife and I but I would strongly consider it if we were approached by one of our friends or family members about it.
Our life with 5 kids is already full but we are stable, love each other and have the resources, both emotional and financial to provide for more.
We would have to change our life and make sacrifices but that's what love is all about.
This doesn't really answer your question, it's more about taking care of someone else's children than finding someone to take care of your own. But if you are thinking about these things the other side is that you need to ask yourself if you could make the sacrifice to take in more kids yourself.
My criteria for choosing who would take care of my children are simple:
1. their family is emotionally capable.
2. the family is willing - including both parents and any children they already have.
We're talking about an already incredibly bad situation. My goal wouldn't be to give my kids everything they would have if they still had their parents. It would be to minimize the risk of more horrible things happening to them - abuse, abject poverty etc.
Agreed. And remember that the family taking on the kids doesn't necessarily need to be able to support them financially. Your will should designate sufficient funds to a trust account (either through your savings if you have enough, and/or through life insurance) to care for your kids through childhood. Plus ideally some extra for the people taking on this huge responsibility. Otherwise everything iamthepieman said.
Taking care of more children would be difficult for my wife and I but I would strongly consider it if we were approached by one of our friends or family members about it.
Our life with 5 kids is already full but we are stable, love each other and have the resources, both emotional and financial to provide for more.
We would have to change our life and make sacrifices but that's what love is all about.
This doesn't really answer your question, it's more about taking care of someone else's children than finding someone to take care of your own. But if you are thinking about these things the other side is that you need to ask yourself if you could make the sacrifice to take in more kids yourself.
My criteria for choosing who would take care of my children are simple:
1. their family is emotionally capable. 2. the family is willing - including both parents and any children they already have.
We're talking about an already incredibly bad situation. My goal wouldn't be to give my kids everything they would have if they still had their parents. It would be to minimize the risk of more horrible things happening to them - abuse, abject poverty etc.