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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: I totally understand on the letting the kid choose issue. I would never want to be in the position of forbidding my child to use a name that felt right, or making her keep a secret about the name that she uses. Clearly that is messed up. However, it also has to be confusing for a child to call a series of girlfriends or boyfriends mom or dad. Wouldn't that make the kid feel anxious about being abandoned by the original parents? I know my daughter has strong feelings of abandonment (she's 4) even though the ex and I have a good co-parenting relationship and make things as seamless as we can, and encourage her to be open about her feelings. And all of this is colored for me by knowing that this new person in my ex's and my child's life was a stepmom for 5 years, but left that relationship and chose not to maintain a relationship with those kids. [/quote] As a random internet stranger, I totally agree with you. But does your ex?[/quote]
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