This teenager showed outstanding loyalty to his mom, defending her against a jealous stepmother acting out against her own parenting pitfalls.

Growing up in a split household can get complicated. While you watch your friends’ parents have a loving relationship together, the green twinge of envy grows around your neck and takes hold of your heart. Each situation is different, but if you have a decent relationship with both of your parents—albeit separately–it’s tough to avoid the wandering thought of every child of a broken marriage. Why couldn’t they work it out? Regardless of your parents’ relationship shortcomings, most kids try to get on with their lives, dragging their tumultuous parent drama along with their other baggage, but as your parents re-marry and have kids with their new partners, suddenly life gets a little muddier. 

However, as we all know, DNA runs deep, so you’ll always have a special connection with your bioparents and your stepparents will simply be a mother figure or a father figure. Well, figure this… The kid in this story remained loyal to his biomom, the kindhearted woman who raised him after his stepmother bashed her parenting skills, resulting in a family feud and a thoroughly packed suitcase.