Motivation of the parents to admit a child in foster care

This bachelor is developing on the theme of Motivation of the parents to admit a child in foster care. Foster care is a state-guaranteed form of foster care. Children that are suitable for foster care are not legally free. Foster care is always created by a court decision, which also can be canceled for serious reason by the court. Foster care expires at the day of legal age of the child. If the child is still preparing for their future career, foster care last until age 26. In the first chapter of the bachelor thesis I deal with the family. The following chapters will focus on foster care, where I deal with different types of foster care. In one of the chapters I deal with the specifications of foster care. In the next charter I deal with intermediation of foster care. Then I mention motives reported in the literature. These are the motives of public, private and hidden. At the end of the theoretical part I deal with the support of foster care. For the practical part of the bachelor I chose a qualitative research method of half-structured interviews. Data collection I conducted with foster parents, who came from the city Most. I did an interview together with five foster parents. The interview consisted of nine themes, which contained several questions. The main goal of these interviews was to identify the motives leading to admit a child in foster care. The operational goal was to find out what are the advantages and pitfalls provide foster care. To achieve these goals, I have chosen the following research questions: 1. What is the motivation of parents to admit a child in foster care. The respondents' answers to this research question differed. Two of the five foster parents reported that the main motivation which leads them to become foster parents, was to help own family. Another motivation was the inability of the married couple to have their own children and thats why they decided to become foster parents. The motivation for the next married couple was overcoming the marriage crisis. One of the families reported that their main motivation was to help a child who has been abandoned and needed help. By respondents answers, motives can be devided into public, private and hidden. As a public motive may be indicated inability to have their own child for health reasons and that is infertility. As next public motive was reported help to the child. As privat motives two respondents answered mainly the help to their families. These are the foster parents of the children who started to focus mainly on the basis of kinship. As hidden motive was to overcome marital crisis. As another hidden motive we can deduce financial support that respondents mentioned in the first line. Among the motive which comes from the unconscious, we can classify an attempt to atone for the bad manners of their children. Results of the research show that the motives that lead foster parents become foster parents are different. The motivation of applicants very important, because it derives from the whole approach to fostering. Foster parents should go mainly for the welfare of the child. 2. What are the advantages and pitfalls provided foster care. The main problem foster parents have seen in a long time dealing with all formalities. Also coincided with the fact that the foster care is relatively little awareness. As an additional obstacle sees establish an emotional relationship to foster parents, which may be interrupted. Respondents positively evaluated help a crisis centre or support from the state. The research shows that the biggest help that foster families appreciate is mainly financial help from the state. This bachelor thesis may serve other students as a source of information. The work can be used as a literature data for people interested in foster care because it contains opinions and motivations to admit a child in foster care