Wednesday, February 16, 2011

PRIDE Classes

My husband and I are taking our County's version of classes for Fostering and / or Adopting children. They're called PRIDE Classes. PRIDE stands for Parents Refusing Idiotic Demands, Etc. Just kidding! It stands for Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education. Which is almost as bad ;) So far, we've done 3 classes + the required Introduction. Total is 8 classes + Introduction. Four down, five to go. It's interesting stuff, but we've been through this several years ago when we thought we would adopt. We then changed our minds, so we're back again :) The classes are both heart-wrenching and ... tedious. Tedious because when one adopts from their county, it's a governmental, bureaucratic adventure. And rearing children really shouldn't have anything to do with government. Or bureaucracy. But adopting them in this fashion does, and there's no getting around it, so here we are! Fortunately, we know several families who've both fostered and adopted through this route and are giving us wise counsel.
I'll keep you posted on how this develops.
"...I tell you the truth; whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40

1 comment:

Bethany said...

Did you happen to email me recently? I thought i saw an email from you (or maybe it was a comment on my blog)...I meant to respond but never could find it again. Hope you're doing well!