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We have had a foster son for going on 3 months and have gone thru the entire homestudy process to be cleared for adoption. Here is my question or frustration, my FS is 11 years old and walks around the house like he is a zombie. If you do not initiate a conversation or interaction he will never speak to you. He has yet to call me by my name, preferring to refer to me as "she" which we have discussed several times. I told him to simply refer to me by my first name. I have 2 biological boys also one 13 and one 10. They are adjusting to this new person in our household but it seems like he feels he has been sentenced to our house and is simply living here because he has to. My FS is very passive and you literally have to question him about everything to get a response. I need some advise as my two other children are very out going and thrive on interaction