tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post4638626369484020570..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: New Family history, part 4- ResearchElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-48268123087177662212008-04-17T18:09:00.000+04:002008-04-17T18:09:00.000+04:00Elizabeth, I have to thank you for this post! It ...Elizabeth, I have to thank you for this post! It is truly enlightening! I did not understand a lot of this, and now I am better informed. It all makes good sense.<BR/><BR/>Our Maxim, a foster child, is absolutely mortified with that label. He feels that people might as well call him "low-life scum" and get it over with. I see his point. Young foster children may be given a bit of pity, but older ones are presumed to be on their way to the streets, or jail. It is too bad, but true. I wondered how this differed in Russia. <BR/><BR/>You are right, too, about the desire for a release of government oversight. I HATE that aspect of foster care; so does Maxim. He is absolutely terrified of adoption (having had two adoptions terminated) but is feeling that he would take the risk to be adopted rather than continue having the fear of "the State" hanging over his head. For an institution with a child's "best interest" at heart, they really have not done him many favors.<BR/><BR/>How often are foster children moved in Russia? Is it ordinarily a permanent situation?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com