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My sister sadly passed away last year. Since then my niece (11) and her little brother (5) live with me (Adoption just weng through). My sister sadly had a lot of problems (drugs and mental health) so my niece never had a good relationship with her. Even before I adopted them they had a room in my apartment and spent a lot of time at my place. So some weeks ago my nephew started to call me Mom. Which is totally fine with me, he is my son. But I'm not sure how to handle the situation with my niece. She doesn't really talk about her feelings and stuff so I don't think she will eher call me Mom on her own (what would be okay for me). But should I talk about it with her? I don't wanna pressure her into calling me mom but I want her to know that it would be okay for me. But I know she has some really bad memories about her mother so I'm scared it would trigger her. What do you think? Should she even call me Mom or would it be to traumatic?