[Decision]

I would not worry to much about when your child goes to school, like the other poster pointed out there is no such thing as a "normal" family, there is such diversity when it comes to family arrangements that he will fit in just fine.
The only concern I would have (as I am living it myself) is the fact that the child will develop some self esteem and abandonment issues, children are all about feeling and tend to believe that they are bad due to break up of the normal family.
My own situation is reversed were my dh and I are raising my son but his natural father is out there, and with numerous women, he is also an addict which makes it worse. My son struggles with abandonment due to the fact that his fathers visits and calls are few and far between, in the earlier years it was difficult to explain to him part due to his age and part due to the loyalty all children feel for their parents.
Co-parenting is one of the most difficult things to do, I suggest family councilling so everyone parenting this one child is on one wave length.
The most important thing in raising a child is the childs emotional wellbeing, not whether he has one set of parents or six.
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Melissa



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Melissa