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How do you tell your kid he has two moms?

My wife and I adopted a boy at age 2. He is now aged 7 We live in a very tolerant part of the United States, but he is starting to ask questions. We have the idea to just tell it to him like it is; he has two moms. But I was wondering what other couples had to say.

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Ex keeps bad mouthing me to the kids

My children have just spent the half term with their dad and came home this weekend. My 14 yr old son was very quiet which was a bit odd, he's normally pretty chatty, I just put it down to being a teen or missing his dad. But then I overheard him talking to my 11 yr old daughter about me. He said he didn't want to talk to me after what I did to dad. I could see she looked sad and  uncomfortab

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No money, pay day loans out of control

I'm in an impossible situation at the moment. I'm still on maternity allowance but I needed to buy things for my baby so I ended up using a couple of pay day loan companies on the net. It was fine at first, I was able to pay them back for the first couple of months, but then my car needed an MOT and had a big problem with the clutch which cost me hundreds of pounds. Being on my own with a baby I c

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Can you give me some advice on fostering?

I've been seeing posters asking if you can foster a child all over my local area recently. I keep wondering whether I'd make a good foster parent, as I was fostered myself by a lovely couple for 11 years, from the age of 5.  I'd love to make a difference to a child's life but bringing up children is hard and now my own have grown up I'm not sure whether to downsize and get a posh

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I never have any me time

Hello! I'm 19 and recently had my second baby and although I'm really happy that he's here and I love both my children to pieces, I'm struggling to find any 'me' time and it's making me feel a bit crazy. My boyfriend is always out and about, he's working, which I know I shouldn't moan about as he's earning money us. But then after work he feels entitled to go out to the p

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  • How do you tell your kid he has two moms?

    Started by Iep Mom | 2014-02-27 14:16:42

    My wife and I adopted a boy at age 2. He is now aged 7 We live in a very tolerant part of the United States, but he is starting to ask questions. We have the idea to just tell it to him like it is; he...

    Read more

  • Ex keeps bad mouthing me to the kids

    Started by forumfan | 2014-02-27 11:38:12

    My children have just spent the half term with their dad and came home this weekend. My 14 yr old son was very quiet which was a bit odd, he's normally pretty chatty, I just put it down to being a tee...

    Read more

  • No money, pay day loans out of control

    Started by Miranda83 | 2014-02-27 11:24:04

    I'm in an impossible situation at the moment. I'm still on maternity allowance but I needed to buy things for my baby so I ended up using a couple of pay day loan companies on the net. It was fine at ...

    Read more

  • Can you give me some advice on fostering?

    Started by SiobhanB55 | 2014-02-03 16:04:49

    I've been seeing posters asking if you can foster a child all over my local area recently. I keep wondering whether I'd make a good foster parent, as I was fostered myself by a lovely couple for 11 ye...

    Read more

  • I never have any me time

    Started by womenarealwaysright | 2014-02-02 22:18:32

    Hello! I'm 19 and recently had my second baby and although I'm really happy that he's here and I love both my children to pieces, I'm struggling to find any 'me' time and it's making me f...

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