adopted/fostered

[mollykins]

is there a difference, and what is it?

[ChuckFickens]

very basically adoption is permanent fostered is temporary.

[mollykins]

aahhh

[aims1202]

If you are adopted those parents become your legal parents. If fostered then your birth parents are still your legal parents. There are different types of fostering, emergency, short term and long term. Long term is sometimes permanent, it might be if the child is older when they are first fostered and they do not want to be adopted but still stay with their foster family until they are an adult. Children who are going to be adopted are also sometimes fostered first while a new family is found for them. Hope that helps.

[ChuckFickens]

I knew this one, I'm one of the permanent ones :)

[ChuckFickens]

No, I was adopted just after birth.

[ChuckFickens]

Thankfully yes, Very very good, I could not have wished for any better :)

[mollykins]

aww bless your little cotton socks chuck.

[ChuckFickens]

It was, but it's not one I mind answering, if I was worried about it I wouldn't have mentioned it in the first place.