I'm looking for advice on talking to DS aged 6 about his step dad...
Background info - step dad & I have been together since DS1 was 20 months old, so he can't remember any different, he always called him by his first name, until we got married in 2016, when we asked him if he'd like to start calling him Daddy, which he did & has done ever since.
We also now have a second child together.
DS1's biological father hasn't been on the scene since the day I told him I was pregnant. With it being 6 years on, I can't see him suddenly showing up, but obviously there is always the possibility (he's not on the birth certificate ).
Any advice on how to deal with this sort of situation regarding DS & explaining about bio-dad / step dad?
I just worry that as he gets older I don't want it to be a shock to him that step dad isn't his bio dad.
Also does anyone know what happens, if something were to happen to me would it be safe to assume my husband would keep both children? Despite him having no official parental rights / adoption of DS1?
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Telling DS about step-dad
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ChildOfWoe · 10/12/2017 23:11
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