Dear Queenie,
My husband and I have been married for almost 10 years. We don’t have any children together, but he has 2 from his previous marriage who have been with us since the youngest was just a baby and their mother hasn’t even tried to have anything to do with them since they have been with us.
The kids all call me “Mama” but they know I’m not their birth mother and sometimes I worry about what to do if they ever try to get in touch with her.
Queenie, how should I handle that if it happens?—Worried stepmother
Dear Stepmother,
If the children ask for information about their birth mother, tell them as much as you can. It is natural for children to be curious about their birth parents, but that does not mean they will love you any less.
