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Originally posted by banjo
As a bmum I am tired of people going on about children being confused about the caregivers in their lives.
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They are actually doing studies on this now. It is called "boundry ambiguity" in psych speak. They are finding there is no confusion although there are some feelings of "split loyalties", which happens in many close family relationships. I think the split loyalty issues is much deeper with step parent relationships because many step parents actually parent. Birthparents do not.