We are adopting (or trying to) a 14 year old who has been in custody of the state for two years.
Finally, we will get to speak with M on the phone tonight and then meet with him and his DFS worker for an afternoon next week.
Ideally, our visits with him would be normal every day things that we would do at our house. M is living 200 miles away from us and we will be meeting with him in a "half-way" city. This kind of makes a normal visit hard to achieve.
On top of this, this is a teenager. Do we ask him to call us Mr. and Mrs... ? This seems like a silly question. What else could he call us right now?
I am sorry. I am babbling. I would love to hear from others who have experienced similiar situations. M is only 13 years younger then DH and I. I am worried about the tendancy to buddy rather then parent.
ugh. so many more questions...
Jill