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My foster daughter called my husband and I by our first names and then she started calling me "Mother" It was really hard not to ask her to call me something different because it felt so weird and cold being called "Mother" Anyway, she has been with us for a little over a month and now calls me "Mom" and my husband "Dad" but I just let her know that she could call me what she was comfortable with. I think she chose "mom" so that she could fit in with her peer group because most of them have no idea that she is a foster child. That way no one asks her why she calls her "Mom" by her first name they just assume our foster daughter is our bio daughter and we let her peers just keep thinking that.
I think children tend to find a name that they are comfortable with and contains a heartfelt contemplation about what name to pick. A friends grandson calls her "Gi Gi" instead of the typical Grandma most kids use and it is his way of calling her something special to his heart. If you have other children a foster child will probably just call you what the other children call you but if not then you probably could make a few suggestions of what you like and see if you foster son likes the suggestions also.
God Bless,
BDM
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