We watched "The Martian Child" with John Cusack. We were told that it accurately portrays the system no only did we thoroughly enjoyed the movie, we needed it. After our classes we never had one positive comment or success case explained to us. We only heard negative sides to the whole situation. Believe me, I understand they want us with our eyes wide open but we always left wondering "why would anyone want to do this from the way they explain it?" The movie gave us a success story whether fictional or not. Another movie I would recommend is "The Christmas Bunny" both are family friendly movies however, the Christmas Bunny has a scene I forward passed in the beginning with what kind of mom the little girl has. It is a short scene but still I didn't like my kids to see it.
One topic it brought to mind is, while it may be uncomfortable for me to meet the birth mom, I think it will be far worse if there is a visitation planned and she doesn't show. This is very common and I wonder how I will handle that when the child is devastated that mom didn't show up. Or when mom doesn't do what it takes to get them back. How do you show grace? That will take some prayer.
Another point both movies touched on was when the children come into your home never get rid of their stuff, or make negative comments since it's really all they own and it's a connection to their parents. It doesn't matter what condition its in.
Even if you are not considering fostering or adoption these are two movies worth seeing. That's my two cents!
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