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[quote=Anonymous]I went to a boarding school; while I loved it, I was never confused about who my parents are, nor about who would be in my life in 20-40 years. As a nanny now, I’ve had several kids who accidentally called me mom, mommy, dad, daddy, a sibling’s name or a teacher’s name. It doesn’t matter. The child is thinking about what they want to tell you, not what to call you. Or they’re playing and having fun. Or they’re being sarcastic. Or they’re trying something out, because their friends have mommies. Frankly, the only chance for a child to believe that a caregiver is the parent is if they’re young enough that they’re still preverbal AND the parent isn’t around during most waking hours. If they’re old enough to call someone Mommy? They are old enough that they understand that they have two daddies.[/quote]
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