Our 14 year old JUST this week started calling us "mom" and "dad". He has been here for about 6 months. We talked about it now and again, without pressure. He has been calling us by first names and told us he wasn't ready a few months ago to call us mom and dad. Now he's ready. 
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Filswife
mom to 6! (3 girls, 3 boys)
girls - 17, 8, 3   
boys -16, 14, 12 
Started AE classes 12/16/04
last class 2/19/05
Application submitted 2/1/05
homestudy started 3/11/05 with dcyf
introduced out of the blue to a couple looking for aparents for their unborn child
homestudy started 5/10/05 with cfs.
Baby Girl born 7/20/05
Baby Girl came home 7/22/05!
Final hearing 2/2/06!! 
FS here 1/21/09 
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