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When a stepparent oversteps boundaries around parental identity

My ex-husband's girlfriend has been pushing for the kids to call her 'mom' and posting about being their mother on social media, and when I asked him to set boundaries he said I was being jealous and controlling, but this feels like she's trying to erase me.

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