My teenage nephew has been living with us for three years since his parents died and now he is getting into trouble and I do not know if I have the authority to discipline him like my own son.
More people experience this than they realize.
The surrogate parent struggles with the boundaries of authority when biological and communal parenting roles blur through necessity.
“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”
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