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My daughter was in foster care and adopted at age 8. Sometimes at first I was worried that every little thing she did was because of her past. Her counselor was great to point out that some of the things are just her personality, some are just being a child, and some ARE due to abuse. But I am seeing that so clearly now.
Without too much detail, my daughter is the opposite of her birth family in most areas. She has also overcome the lack of nurturing her first 3 years of life and is a straight A student. She is a miracle to those who remeber her when she was first taken into care.
Even with what she has been through, I do not lay blame for her behaviors. If anything, the child is much like my own mother, and that drives me nuts at times. I know that God has a sense of humor.
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