Title: Horrifying example of Parental Alienation Syndrome
Product review: I ran across this book in a local dollar store. Morbidly curious, I stood there and read it. While it's true that every life is different, and children experience many forms of family situation, it was still sickening to read about how the character's mother told her that Daddy left because "he didn't want a family anymore"; or that the father, absent from his daughters' lives for less than 5 years, didn't recognize them at all. This book sends the message to kids that if divorced parents remarry, only the "new" family is loved. I'm very sorry for those people for whom this may be true, but there are many, many stepfamilies out there who DO incorporate, welcome, and include children from previous and current marriages. I shudder to think of stepchildren who will read this book, and remember its lessons when a new baby is born.
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