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Spin Off: Would you adopt a special needs kid?
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:06 pm
No one night stands, no ravenous slut liars. Just something that I've kicked around in my head a few times over the last few years.
I'm not planning on having kids, I'm too greedy and I've got things I want and need to accomplish before I'll be ready to devote my life to anything else, especially a kid.
I'm in my mid 30's, people I went to HS with have kids that are now graduating HS, which is really strange to me. So time is slipping away a little bit, my family has been pressuring me to start a family blah, blah, blah.
I just keep coming back to maybe I'm meant to take in a child that nobody else wants, one that would have extraordinary needs for care and parenting. I have no interest in getting a trendy third world kid and one upping the celebs by getting one with muscular dis-trophy or something like that. It just seems like a kid that was dealt the worst hand possible would be the right fit.
I'm not planning on having kids, I'm too greedy and I've got things I want and need to accomplish before I'll be ready to devote my life to anything else, especially a kid.
I'm in my mid 30's, people I went to HS with have kids that are now graduating HS, which is really strange to me. So time is slipping away a little bit, my family has been pressuring me to start a family blah, blah, blah.
I just keep coming back to maybe I'm meant to take in a child that nobody else wants, one that would have extraordinary needs for care and parenting. I have no interest in getting a trendy third world kid and one upping the celebs by getting one with muscular dis-trophy or something like that. It just seems like a kid that was dealt the worst hand possible would be the right fit.
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Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:08 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
If you're too selfish to care for a healthy kid of your own blood, adopting a special needs kid sounds like a disaster.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:08 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
thats Awesome of you! Good luck, they are the most loving children.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:08 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
No. Me and Kafka don't see eye to eye now. I couldn't imagine being his father figure.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:10 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
my sister has a really good friend that did this. it was a lot harder than thye thought. Best of luck!
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:11 pm to GRTiger
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If you're too selfish to care for a healthy kid of your own blood, adopting a special needs kid sounds like a disaster.
I'm not talking about now or next year, but maybe 10-15 years down the line when I've established what I'm trying to do now, and I can give my time, knowledge, patience, caring, etc. to another.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:13 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I couldn't but admire anyone that does
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:13 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I see. Well, I've never thought about it, but if you did it and it worked out, that would be a hell of thing.
I'd still like to know what it was like to raise a healthy child before going good through with it.
I'd still like to know what it was like to raise a healthy child before going good through with it.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:14 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
No, I'm not that good of a person.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:14 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I admire you for thinking about this but a special needs kid is a 24/7 deal. You need to think long and hard before doing it. Maybe you should consider being a foster parent to one first.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:16 pm to BamaScoop
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I admire you for thinking about this but a special needs kid is a 24/7 deal. You need to think long and hard before doing it. Maybe you should consider being a foster parent to one first
Some have no idea the level of commitment this is.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:21 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Unless it was kin who needed me, no.
But I'm not big on adoption.
But I'm not big on adoption.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:23 pm to BamaScoop
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Maybe you should consider being a foster parent to one first.
Good idea. Thanks.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:24 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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I'm too greedy
Then a special needs child isn't for you. In fact, any child isn't for you. I have a cousin with Downs who is 35 and still lives with my aunt and uncle. She works a part time job and that's about it. She's completely dependent on her parents. A special needs child is a lifetime commitment.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:27 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Also take into consideration....a normal healthy child goes off to college or leaves their parent's home when they reach adulthood.
A special needs child likely will not.
A special needs child likely will not.
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:28 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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I'm not planning on having kids, I'm too greedy and I've got things I want and need to accomplish before I'll be ready to devote my life to anything else, especially a kid.
so your plan is to adopt a kid who needs far more devotion than a normal child does.
stick to the secrant, you retard
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:33 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
frick no
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:37 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I wouldnt do it. esp with some of these health care bills they are trying to pass
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:39 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I would
Posted on 10/22/14 at 7:51 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
My wife teaches special needs kids. She's would love this idea, but probably warn you that it's a lot of work.
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