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<blockquote data-quote="TFL" data-source="post: 430474" data-attributes="member: 12008"><p>Here is a bit of history:</p><p></p><p>difficult child is a "foster child". His biological mother was heavily drinking and drugging during her pregnancy. His brother has the same mother, but different father. The boys were a "family adoption". The older sibling has been adopted, but due to difficult child's special medical needs he is still classified "foster child". My husband and his ex-wife have always treated both boys as their children. The only difference is their last names, which were on the birth certificate that way. The older SS was fostered at age 2yrs. old and when SS was born, he was immediately awarded to husband and his former wife. At age 3 he was diagnosed with adhd and was put on Respirdal. I did not meet the boys until they were 5 and 7 years old. The oldest boy and my husband's biological daughter are very close to me. The ss used to be close to me until one day he seemed to have just "flipped a switch". We used to tell the bio. Mom that we never experienced problems with him and begged her to allow him to live with us. We felt like maybe just a change in school districts would be helpful. Shortly after she told us to stop asking that it would never happen is when we began to have serious problems. </p><p></p><p>He seems to respond to his father, but it's always short lived. </p><p></p><p>I understand that some kids resent step parents, but shouldn't all children be expected to give respect where respect is given?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TFL, post: 430474, member: 12008"] Here is a bit of history: difficult child is a "foster child". His biological mother was heavily drinking and drugging during her pregnancy. His brother has the same mother, but different father. The boys were a "family adoption". The older sibling has been adopted, but due to difficult child's special medical needs he is still classified "foster child". My husband and his ex-wife have always treated both boys as their children. The only difference is their last names, which were on the birth certificate that way. The older SS was fostered at age 2yrs. old and when SS was born, he was immediately awarded to husband and his former wife. At age 3 he was diagnosed with adhd and was put on Respirdal. I did not meet the boys until they were 5 and 7 years old. The oldest boy and my husband's biological daughter are very close to me. The ss used to be close to me until one day he seemed to have just "flipped a switch". We used to tell the bio. Mom that we never experienced problems with him and begged her to allow him to live with us. We felt like maybe just a change in school districts would be helpful. Shortly after she told us to stop asking that it would never happen is when we began to have serious problems. He seems to respond to his father, but it's always short lived. I understand that some kids resent step parents, but shouldn't all children be expected to give respect where respect is given? [/QUOTE]
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