Please Stop Telling My Daughter That Her Sibling Is Her "Half-Sister"

Divorce and blending a family come with a whole slew of awkwardness. It's a messy and sometimes misunderstood dynamic to those not living it. Some people are kind, some are awful, and some are intrusive — both purposely and obliviously. I'm a big girl and can handle it. I've been enduring it for years. What I won't stand for, however, is when someone makes my kids feel like sh*t about any part of this dynamic. People, both ones we know and ones we don't, try to qualify my kids' relationship, and it happens more than you can imagine.

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