Adoptive parents thinking of fostering?

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Looking for experience from anyone who has adopted children and then a few years later decided to become a foster carer?
We are thinking maybe emergency / short term foster care might be the best option for us initially, open to all opinions and thoughts though, concerned about how it would impact on our children, they know all about adoption and understand the role of a foster carer, we have a spare room and a support network which includes a foster carer within the family.
Just worried about the impact this would have on our family unit

It's hard to know how it will impact as each child placed with you is different with their own set of traumas and needs. It's the sort of conversation you should have with your social worker during your assessment.

Fwiw I became a full time foster carer, I'm single and my son was a young adult and at university. I had no conception of how my resilience would be tested until I took my first child and it was the most stressful thing I have ever done.

You'll have better knowledge of the needs of children in the care environment than most if you're an adoptive parent and your social worker should push you to think carefully about the impact on your child.

Why not have a first conversation with an assessment social worker and go from there?

Lots of questions asked via emails now booking initial visit for chat (and lots more questions)……

The impact of fostering on the children in your family depends on how they perceive these actions and their level of understanding. If you talk to them in advance and inform them that they will continue to receive your attention and love, they may not react negatively. I think you are a wonderful family if you have decided to think of other children, even if you already have a beautiful one. You can seek the help of psychologists from local fostering agencies to advise your children if you are worried about this.local fostering agencies

I work as a social worker for an agency and I have worked with foster carers who have previously adopted. With careful matching some families have been fostering the same children for many years. It often depends on getting good advice, training and support for you and your children from your agency.