Thursday, June 14, 2007

Is it odd

That the little ones (fosters) call me Mom? especially so quick. I understand I have three here calling me mom all the time. Maybe it is just trying to be part of the "crowd" or is it a need to have that Mom figure?

2 comments:

Yondalla said...

The younger they are (developmentally) the more likely they are to call you "mom" right away. It does not mean that they are attached (or that they are not attached). If other kids in the house call you "mom" then they figure that is what you are called. There are children in birth families who call all women "mom" and all men "dad."

If you teach all the kids to call you "Aunt Gina" it will morph into someting like "Anagee" and THAT will be what every kid calls you.

Angel The Alien said...

I know of several different foster parents whos ay that. The little girls I care for are 10 and 7, and they've always been very eager to call any caretaker "Mom" or "Dad," especially if they really liked the people right away!
I also know that when I worked in day care centers, a lot of the toddlers (but for some reason, especially the ones who were particularly attached to me) called me "Mommy" or "Mama." I don't think it was some sort of insult to their actual mama's, or that they THOUGHT I was their mama... I think it was because they knew how to say the word "Mama" and it was a word easily associated with a woman taking care of them!
:)