Hold on, redditors, as my life is currently soap-opera levels of drama.My girlfriend and I have had custody of my sister's son since not long after her husband D died- she's on duty in Afghanistan and her husband was a SAHP looking after the 6y/o, so we said we'd take him in. We knew D was dying and 6y/o might eventually end up with us, so he'd had lots of trips to Aunty Witch's House, he was going to go to a school in our zone so it wouldn't change if/when he moved, that kind of thing- but D died a few years early and threw our timing.He settled in alright- he often acts like a much younger child and is very clingy, which is a bit of a handful but something we're coping with, and he adores his two-year-old 'sister', GF's kid.Recently though, he's been refusing to Skype with his mum, and will more and more frequently leave the room when we're talking to her. He's also referring to me and GF as his mothers or 'my real parents' as 2y/o does, instead of aunts. (That one might be on me- I will sometimes call him 'my son' to strangers out of convenience instead of giving the whole goddamn saga.)His mum sent him a toy truck and some Afghan clothes for his sixth birthday a couple days ago, as well as a bunch of video messages of her reading children's books to him- he gave the truck to 2y/o and only plays with it when 2y/o is around, and has refused to look at the video messages.Secretly, I don't think my sister is a great parent, but she does love him and she's trying her best. Should I talk to her? Talk to him? Stop overreacting? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xcBNyj
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