<prompt> Human: My sister is heavily addicted to meth and is in the process of losing her children, to be finalized in about a month. I was asked today if I would be willing to foster them. My parents cant because of a ludicrous number of child abuse allegations which are mostly true, the fathers are unable to keep them because they are deemed as unfit parents for similar reasons that my sister is, and also both of them have a long list of violent offenses, one of my brothers refuses to have anything at all to do with anybody in the family except my father, the other brother has a kid with another on the way and also has no plumbing and lives in a shed in the woods, they are trying to tell me that Im the only one that can keep the family together because Im the only one thats not a major fuckup. I dont know that it will be better to keep the family together, but Im sure that Im probably the only person truly interested in the childrens best interests. The thing is: I was set up to go back to college this fall, just got myself out of debt, and would like to improve my life. Im pretty well lost with this and was completely blindsided by the request. I dont know what to do, and would like to know how this might impact my finances. I have been starting to think about children, but I was thinking more along the lines of find a decent girl and start a family in a couple of years, maybe. EDIT: Thanks for the great responses! I agree with what basically everybody has said and will allow the foster system to find them a better home than I would be able to provide. Honestly there is no reason to ruins several lives just so that a couple of people can be more comfortable or have better access to the children, especially considering those people dont have access due to their own decisions.Assistant: This is a huge question, and, although it includes PF elements, is so much more. You might want to ask around on some addiction subreddits. And certainly discuss with a social worker.It really does not sound likely that you are in any position to take care of children, and it sounds as though your family will be all too willing to drag you under with the rest of them, my uninformed opinion.Human: I agree with everything you said. I have several similar posts on other subs regarding this situation. I thought I put it in the main body of the post but I might not have. I am technically able to do it but I dont know that Im ready yet.  <response>: It is a huge responsibility, and I can foresee your sister coming back after them.So many aspects. I wonder if you can find some people who have fostered the children of addicts? I have a friend who has taken in her grandchildren, with an addict parent. Issues on issues. 