The child placed in your home should feel free to call you whatever is easiest for him and most comfortable for you. Experienced foster parents have found it helpful to suggest several acceptable names and allow the child to decide which one to use. Older children may not be able to address the foster parents by names that suggest that their own parents are being replaced. In many instances, children adopt the name being used by the other children in the home in addressing the foster parents
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