Children can become easily confused very young. By children, I mean infants through ten years old; children grow up thinking something is normal when it in fact isn’t. Though we as humans create our own versions of normalcy within each family dynamic we create, it’s important to remember that a child might go out into …
Seguir leyendo Woman bars stepdad from going by a name that means ‘father’ with her newborn son: ‘[We] are uncomfortable with our son calling him this’

If you’ve ever lost a loved one, especially a parent or guardian—it takes a lot of time to heal that wound. You feel like a part of you is missing from itself; the sky being blue feels like a slight at you, and each bird chirping makes you wonder if the universe has set up …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old son repeatedly reminds new stepmother, formerly his late mother’s best friend, of her part in his father’s infidelity: ‘She was supposed to be mom’s best friend and she was a backstabber who cheated with my dad instead’