I do not think much of some of the organizations that place foriegn students.
When I was in High school the host families were screened very carefully. The student was placed in a family with a student that also had a student in the same grade and same sex. Now they place them with any family that has a room.
Tobi a student from Germany was placed with a family that had no children. Having a teenager in the house was more than they expected. He was dumped into the high school not knowing anyone there. My son and Tobi ended up being friends. Our house was always open to my boy’s and their friends. Dinner could be just my wife and me ot us and up to 20 kids. But there was always one rule before joining us for dinner, call your parents and let them know that you were eating here. When Tobi would call they were never home. The final touch was the Presendent’s holiday, Tobi’s host family asked if he could stay at a friend’s house for the holiday because they were going to a family gettogether.
About a week after the holiday my son came to me and asked if we could open up our house to Tobi. We got a matress and put it on the floor of his room and Tobi moved in the folllowing week.
One of the best things that ever happened to my wife and me. I gained a son. The absolute hardest thing Il have ever gone through was the year end when we took him to the airport to fly home. I could not leave the airport until we saw his plane leave. And I just cried, I thought I would never see him again. But over the years he has come back to visit several times.
Should you do it. If you already have your kids friends in your home and you have a student that will be in the same school or grade then yes.