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[quote=Anonymous]I've seen plenty of court filings and motions where the biological parent's own attorney will refer to their client as the bio-mom/dad and in court if there are step-parents who play a prevalent role in a child/children's life. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the term for clarification, especially if it's the kids who are the ones comfortable making the differentiation. Remember, as adults, you are not in a position to tell children how they should feel about any given person. They deserve that autonomy based on their experiences with those people and how those people make them feel. It would be abusive to force a child to call a step-parent "mom/dad" and it would be just as abusive to force a child to call their biological parent "mom/dad" if that's not how they feel about them.[/quote]
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