Is foster parenting considered a job?

Because in Massachusetts, they don't want you to have a full time job, they say part time is okIs foster parenting considered a job?
As far as I'm concerned, any kind of parenting is a job. In my opinion, being a parent, is the hardest and most demanding job anyone will ever have. Being a parent means you are responsible for another human life 24/7 and there's not one cent to be gotten in a monetary value. What other non-paying job can anyone get where there is such a responsibility, and yet, the rewards can be so great and so few? Paying jobs are great but at the end of your shift, you can walk away and leave things as they were..then pick up the next morning right where you left off.


I love being a mom and a gramma. I wouldn't change the experiences I've been through for all the money in the world...the good and the bad.


Maybe they only want a foster parent to work part-time because the children will need someone there when they come home from school...not a sitter. Raising children isn't just being able to afford them. It takes alot of physical and emotional effort. And there's never, ever going to be a perfect parent.Is foster parenting considered a job?
It is a job raising a family no matte how that family was brought together. Here in Florida we can work in fact they kinda encourage you to work or have other income coming in because the board rates aren't always enough to cover all expenses. Now we have medical foster care and that is considered a job because you are billing medicaid for your services there for at least one parent is required to stay home. Also the salvation army has homes that they run with 1-2 parents and a certain number of kids. One parent has to stay home and they are paid workers for the salvation army but they provide the house, food, money for activities, etc.
I would guess they have that rule because some children in the foster system have mental/physical issues and need the extra attention. A foster child also needs the extra love and security of having 1 parent be their primary caregiver, instead of the care being from the parents and a daycare (who sometimes have high staff turn-over rates). Its all about the child's well being. A foster child just needs more, more time to adjust to a new family, rules, routine, and a new life.
Most foster care parents are compensated by the state. They have contracts. They must agree to be available to the child so many hours a week or month, so that is the part time work limitation. They are taking in the kids who usually come from problem enviroments. They need to be paying attention. There is a maintaince fee for clothing and shoes and school supplies also.


The child has state medical aid. Gas and transportation money varies. Most foster parents are not in it for the money though, one would hope. There have been some horrendous abuses of the Foster Care programs in some states as far as keeping track of where kids are.
no its not a job but let me tell ya something!! its a pain in the ****!! im 16 and i was in foster care. thank god i went to my bffe's house so that worked out but you better own your own company or something if you wanna foster kids because if not you will more than likely get fired from missing so much. you go to court just about every week and omg its a pain!!
no, becasue you don't get paid to foster. you get compensated a very small amount... but it still costs you money. they probably want the kids to go to a family that one or both parents are not always at work.
no it is not!!!!!!
hell yeah its a job...my mother was one for almost 25 years