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if your are fostering
and you know you are going to be changing the child's name, just start calling him/her by new name.
If the child is already talking, then changing the child's name should not be taken lightly. If the child is pre-verbal, it is not going to be a big deal.
One thing a lot of parent I know have done is start calling the kid by a nick name, then you can still use the nick name and transition to the new name easier.
Examples:
b-mom named child Crystal--- foster parents called her Chrissy and then changer her name to Christine
kid's name was Fury- no joke- FP called him Bee-bop, adoptive parents changed name to Christopher
Some long name that started with A, FP called him Andy, adoptive parents changed to Andrew
I really would not change the name of a kid past 3 years old, at least keep name as middle name.
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