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If you marry someone with children you are their parent because you take that responsibility. I didn't live with my father but he WAS my father. I also had a second father and mother who loved and supported me. People need to stop minimalizing bonus parents.

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Most biological parents don't like it when stop parents act like they are parents. Hegseth is doing what some call parental alienation.

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Saying Pete Hegseth is engaged in Parental Alienation is a real stretch.

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Most biological parents are insecure. Children should be able to love and be loved by their bonus parents.

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My son's first wife had 2 kids when they married, aged 2 & 4. They had 2 kids, but divorced 15 years later. He later married a woman with 5 kids & they adopted a baby. Everyone has family members like this, but most never married. So what's so strange about Hegseth's family?

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I didn't say there's anything wrong with it. I said it's misleading to say he has seven kids. He has four kids and three step kids, who have a biological dad. Of his four biological kids, three are primarily raised by their mom in another state.

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You are making ridiculous statements to justify your biased reality.

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Thank you for your opinion. What specifically is ridiculous? Please elaborate and enumerate.

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We consider all of them ours, & never call them steps. Yes, some lived with another parent for a couple of years, but we still call them ours.

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A good way to make sure a cabinet nominee doesn't have to answer questions about honesty.

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Welcome to Trump, Part Deux.

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I voted for Trump.

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I would recommend DeSantis. This sounds like excuse making and obfuscating.

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