Post by NariaDreaming on Oct 11, 2016 8:05:43 GMT -5
Target is working on a new registry option for foster/adoptive families. They have a survey.
If you've had a placement or you're planning on one in the next 12 months, they want your feedback. And you also have the opportunity to sign up for their paid panel
Last Edit: Oct 12, 2016 20:06:44 GMT -5 by NariaDreaming
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It asked if I was an adoptive or Foster parent, planning on it, or no. Then it asked the ages. Then it asked if I created a gift registry. I said no. End of survey. Do they ask more questions if you say yes? I might have created a registry if such a thing existed for Foster parents back then, but it was pretty taboo.
It asked if I was an adoptive or Foster parent, planning on it, or no. Then it asked the ages. Then it asked if I created a gift registry. I said no. End of survey. Do they ask more questions if you say yes? I might have created a registry if such a thing existed for Foster parents back then, but it was pretty taboo.
They do ask more questions and invite you to be part of the panel depending on what you answer. (I suppose. It could have been random.)
I'll have to do this survey. We created a registry and then just added a message to say we were doing foster care. But it would be nice to be able to select adoptive/foster parents when creating it.
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The survey ended when I said I'd never had an adoptive/foster care registry. I have never known anyone to create a registry for foster care specifically. I would be supportive of someone doing so, but it would be hard to know what to register for unless you were only going to foster a set age group, sex and number of kids. Adopting newborns-definitely. I would have loved to register but we are open to all ages so we had no idea what we needed until we accepted a placement. We did just purchase a lot on our own. However, we are very fortunate that a lot of our friends and family wanted/want to help us and were always asking what we needed. With our most recent placement, we had about three days notice that we would be taking in a newborn and a toddler. So we were definitely scrambling. But again, it's all so speculative I don't know that I would go back and do a registry. And as we get closer to adopting, we have all the stuff we need already.
Post by shemarie82 on Oct 11, 2016 14:27:49 GMT -5
We created a baby registry, and told people that it was for foster care. I think it is a great idea to have it because it is a little confusing to some people what you really need for a placement.
ETA: We did our registry after our placement, so we knew what we needed. We also had a "meeting party" for the twins so people needed to know what to buy.
Post by redandblue on Oct 11, 2016 17:50:42 GMT -5
I agree in theory it's a great idea but the practicality of it is not really there given how unpredictable the adoption/fostering process is. In our situation we technically would have had time, given we were matched about 5 weeks before DS2 was born, but honestly it is such a nerve racking experience with SO many unknowns I couldn't bring myself to do it. Like what if something happened and the match didn't happen? I would have been devastated and couldn't imagine having to close a registry. We were also very fortunate to have been given pretty much everything we needed handed down from friends.
But I do love that a major retail stores is exploring making this an official registry (I think BRU also does this).
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Post by casarosada on Oct 11, 2016 21:49:32 GMT -5
I filled it out - thanks for sharing the link.
We adopted but didn't find out about E until the day after she was born and brought her home when she was a week old. We bought the basics of what we needed but later we had a shower so made a registry. It was a hassle with not being able to put in her birth date since it happened before the registry. We put her birthdate as the date we registered but then we never got our completion coupon because that gets mailed out a few weeks before the "due date". It was annoying. I'm glad they're trying to make it better.
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It asked if I was an adoptive or Foster parent, planning on it, or no. Then it asked the ages. Then it asked if I created a gift registry. I said no. End of survey. Do they ask more questions if you say yes? I might have created a registry if such a thing existed for Foster parents back then, but it was pretty taboo.
It asked if I was an adoptive or Foster parent, planning on it, or no. Then it asked the ages. Then it asked if I created a gift registry. I said no. End of survey. Do they ask more questions if you say yes? I might have created a registry if such a thing existed for Foster parents back then, but it was pretty taboo.
I got the same thing. womp womp
I ended up taking it again on my work desktop just so I could get a different result. Haha.
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