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Originally Posted by Miguel'smom
You can be a foster parent if: maybe foster to adopt.
No evidence of mental health conditions that would impair the ability to provide safe, consistent care for children
If you make a plan for when your unwell I don't think there will be an issue.
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I've looked at the application to adopt, and it has a mental health screen which a doctor must fill out that asks if you have ever been hospitalized for a mental health or addiction. I'm in Canada and they are very strict about who can adopt, a lot of screening and home visits, and they often turn people down. I am capable of parenting, and I would prefer an older child to an infant, so I'm sure there are kids in need. But I'm 99% sure I wouldn't be approved and I don't want to get my hopes up, and put myself through the time and money just to be turned down. It's just something I have to accept,