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When trauma behaviors create practical crises

My foster daughter hoards food in her room and I know why but it attracts bugs and my landlord is threatening eviction

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's survival responses can conflict with adult responsibilities, forcing impossible choices between understanding and consequences.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Foster parenting?”

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