«Foster care or adoption? These two terms are often thought of as if they were sides of the same coin, but in reality this is not really the case. Although both refer to the experience of welcoming a child or adolescent who cannot grow up in his family of origin, for short or long periods. However, if you approach the institutions aimed at meeting this need, you come across invisible barriers and the matter becomes more complicated.”
This is reported by mothers and fathers of the “Unprepared Parents” association committed to spreading the culture of hospitality in all its forms. “Be unprepared because no parent is prepared to be,” they underline. The association was born in April 2022 from a group of parents with temporary foster care and ongoing national and international adoptions who had created a parenting support group led by expert psychologists from the Rende counseling centre.
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