I used to foster children and you can give them all the love and attention they could possibly need or want and still there's that little core of distrust and distress inside, as a result of how they were abused previously.
Quite often they reject the very people who love them most because they don't think they're worthy of it.
Self-fulfilling prophecy.
Susieq62 Please give your daughter my love.
She did NOT reject him and to imply so is cruel and implies total inexperience in this matter.
She was courageous to take him in the first place but even braver to admit that he was rejecting her and the poor wee lad needed more expert care than she could safely give.
I think she's magnificent.
Our Welfare State. Is it broken?
Forgetting where you left your keys does not mean you are “losing it”