Challenge

When I am having a particularly hard time with my 2 year old foster kid, I remind myself that when she was born her mom was 15 years old. She was raised by a teenager, and some of her behaviors are purely for survival. Other times she is challenging because she is 2. She doesn't challenge my husband like she challenges me, but her relationship with men is really a new thing. She was fearful of men when she first moved in, but now she adores my husband. If the kids go back to mom, I know that we have given her many gifts. Having a positive male role model has been priceless.