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Originally Posted by abermarm
... she is not allowed to sit on the couch as a form of punishment (but didn't say why she was being punished).
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Just FYI - most experts in the "difficult child" discipline area recommend the consequence of not sitting on fabric seats for children who refuse to get off said fabric seat to use the bathroom. Just one possibility for what might be going on.
Another possibility for another of the things she said is that this girl may have been taught to call multiple men "father". A bio-father, a step-father, a foster father, possibly a couple others thrown in.
Etc. You get the idea. Before coming into foster care, most of these children have experienced horrors we can barely imagine, and as a result they have behaviors and survival skills we can barely imagine either. This child is obviously hurting. Since you feel led to help her, I hope you and the foster mother can work together to help her heal.