Parenting not about cherry picking
The truth, as it turns out, is that it’s not difficult to figure out who the natural father was in this narrative. While he wasn’t her biological or legal father, he spent ten years living in the same home with her and effectively parenting her.
He was living his life in a completely different way while her real father was away. Parenting, as any mother or father can tell you, is about being present for all of your children’s events – both the positive and negative ones.