#AskAParent: “My son refers to his stepdad as dad”

Every Tuesday, Vic has a feature called #AskAParent in which parents or kids ask KZN for help.

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This week, an email came in from Anonymous in Vryheid, who is angry because his son is referring to his ex-wife’s new husband as ‘dad’.

Read his email here:

Hey Vic,

I need advice from other parents who have been through the same thing.

My ex-wife has married again and that’s all fine and well, but the problem for me is that my 7-year-old son now calls his stepdad ‘dad’.

This makes me angry as this is my son and that man is not his father.

Am I over-reacting or do I have a right to be angry? 

Anonymous in Vryheid

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Take a listen to the advice offered by KZN:

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