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How personal trauma affects foster parenting ability

I love my foster son but he reminds me so much of my abusive father and I find myself pulling away from him

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Our own unhealed wounds can be triggered by the children we are trying to help, sabotaging our ability to provide what they need.

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