Michelle B. keeps taling about 20 some foster kids. How in the world

[napi21]

does ANYONE have that many kids and whre the heck are they?

[RZM]

1. Hopefully she watches them better than Mia Farrow watched hers n/t

[ixion]

2. Nannies. Lots and lots of nannies.

[Sonoman]

3. Maybe they all begged to go back to whatever horror they were escaping.

Instead of her keeping the same kids for years, maybe all of the kids freaked after a week or so.

Someone should call her out on this.

Sonoman

[SoCalDem]

4. Big house

state-paid foster kids..teenagers who would be there a few years at a time until they "aged out"..

they get a roof, food, clothes & some supervision until the state no longer sends that $30 a day to the foster parents..

It would be easy to "foster" bunch of kids....3 to 4 at a time, each staying 4-5 yrs max...

Often foster kids end up back with family at some time in the future too..many foster arrangements may only last months at a time..

Over a 5-7 year span, it would be entirely possible to foster 23 kids..

[Springer9]

5. Fostering is NOT adoption

We were foster parents in the same county years ago and the kids come and go. Sometimes for a few weeks or months but rarely for years. She wouldn't have had 23 at once, as a matter of fact there are rules as to how many can be place in one home at a time.

And believe me the stipend from the county dosen't even cover the expense in many cases.

[knowbody0]

13. I had no idea so many people are so ill informed

about foster care. In a five year period, fifty kids shuffled through our home. like you say, some for a couple of weeks, some for months, only a few over a year. it's a tough time for little kids, and providing them with a safe place to sleep and play, filling their bellies and playing with them was uber fun. I loved that time in our lives and learned so much from them about love and life.

[Ian David]

6. "It puts the lotion on its skin, or Michelle Bachmann beats you with the hose again." n/t

[AngryAmish]

7. She ate them.

She craves baby flesh.

[pipi_k]

8. States have limits on the number of kids

that can be in one house at the same time.

As to where they are, maybe they are grown up now and would prefer not to discuss their past with the media.

Their lives are nobody else's business.

[CelticThunder]

9. They are nothing but brainwash fodder.

[yawnmaster]

10. LOL. she's not the only one. eom

[mysuzuki2]

11. Obviously she didn't have them all at once.

[handmade34]

12. Ms. Bachmann's

story is not unique... I have birthed 5 children and have taken in well over 20+ kids over the years (not paid Foster care work, but unpaid work through community organizations, to shelter kids coming from troubled home situations...) Also, my Grandmother was a housemother for the VFW Home (for 40+ years) and most often had 9-11 kids at one time... over the course of her time there probably raised well over 60 kids!!

...over time it is not unusual to take in many children

http://www.vfwnationalhome.org/



Illinois 2.... where she raised them all
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vfwnationalhome/4812238343/in/set-72157624420299403

[lyonn]

14. Wikipedia shows that she and husband ran a Christian

Counseling practice (?), what would that be? Could that be where the kids came from? Also, her husbands family had a farm in Wisc. which they had part ownership in.

She worked for the IRS for 5 years. That seems to be her accomplishments, besides going to school, Oral Robert Law School, that's neat, just kiddin'.

[Brickbat]

15. She didn't have them all at once. "Fostering" can even mean you have a child for one weekend while

the parent goes through an emergency and then you never see that kid again.

This isn't a difficult concept to figure out; I don't know why it keeps popping up.

[lyonn]

17. Because she carries the foster kids story around like a badge

of honor. Not that caring for foster kids isn't something to feel good about, I've never done it but know of a few families that have and it didn't look like anyone would get rich and it took patience, these are no doubt troubled kids.

Michelle likes to make like a super star...... Also, I heard today on tv that her Mom's second marriage was to a wealthy fella. Might have been on Rachelle's show?? So, she wasn't raised by a single mom.

[pipi_k]

22. Lots of politicians carry things around like a badge

Barack Obama brought up the subject of his mom

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-07-10/politics/obama.women_1_obama-talks-illinois-senator-women-for-obama-event?_s=PM:POLITICS

in July 2008.



John Kerry brought up the subject of his military service during Vietnam (which set off the whole Swiftboating thing and people mocking his medals!)

Are you saying those things are fair game for Republicans to obsess on?

[valerief]

16. Trophy kids. nt

[Anakin Skywalker]

18. It's a god damn business venture for Batshitmann!

[madmom]

19. I fostered my niece for about 2 years when she was a pre-schooler. My

hubby's sister was a single mom who liked to party and never had money or a descent place to live. She was going to give her up for adoption when she was about 4 years old. My son was the same age. We decided we couldn't let her go, so hubby and I agreed to take her in until her mom got "settled". Now neither of them talks to us, nor does the rest of his family. Why, you might ask, after we did them such a tremendous favor. Because we are atheist! They are the kind of christians that are all talk,do as I say, not as I do.We did all this for free, out of the goodness of our heart, didn't even get a thank you. The niece is now 37 years old with kids of her own that don't even know us. How's that for gratitude?
:shrug:

[Obamanaut]

20. This has been covered nicely in other threads. The number of kids mentioned

is not a number in the house at the same time, but rather a total number over a period of time.

Miz O and I had three foster kids - all at separate times, for various lenghts of time.

[HopeHoops]

21. Dog crates.