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Readers Respond: You Know You're a Foster or Adoptive Father When...
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By Carrie Craft, About.com

For my husband, he shared the following when he finished the sentence, "You know you're a foster or adoptive father when..."

  • ...half your kids call you "dad" and the other half by your first name.
  • ...you have an instant family in a day.
  • ...you come home from work and you have twice the number of kids you had when you left.
Finish the Sentence

you know your a foster/adoptive father w

when you do not have a seat at the table, and you think this is a bad dream then you realize it is just Saturday morning.
—scottasmit

You're a foster/adoptive father when...

You have three children. Their names are Skyler, Skylar and Skylee (really).
—Guest jepatterson2

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You Know You're a Foster or Adoptive Father When...

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