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karens · 22-25, F
I asked a friend this and he said be careful of the concept of "in parentis locus" (maybe misspelled.) Its the concept that you are in place of the parent and then can be held legally liable to support the kid, even if you breakup with the parent, under the idea of the child shouldn't suffer. Common example is guy thinks kids is his, plays dad for a few years, mom gets mad at him, he does a paternatly test and its not his kid. Courts still will often make him pay child support.

This varies by state.

No matter how you look at it, you are helping to raise every child that you've ever met in one way or another. Children learn from watching those around them.

Honestly, i think that children would be easier to raise than teens because the older are more likely to give you hassle with the "You're not my mom" line - which you have a greater chance of sorting out if you are involved in the child's life from a young enough age.
@HootyTheNightOwl yea that's true, kids and teens are hard. but I don't think i help raise every child I interacted with , it depends more on how long the interaction is, most of them would forget when they grow up.
@Girlyfriendcollecting sure they will... i don't recall every teacher who taught me in infant school - but it doesn't mean that i didn't learn something from them.
@HootyTheNightOwl yea but I dont teach kids. a toddler crawling around me looking after them to make sure they dont do anything to hurt themselves is not going to be different if someone else did the same thing.
SW-User
To some degree it's every adult responsibility to take care of children who are in their care or that they interact with but ultimately it's the parents responsibility and unless you're marrying them you don't become one of their parents..happy to chat about it.
SW-User
it is, at the very least, my responsibility to be considerate of them in their presence
Just4fun · 51-55, M
That’s a serious date

 
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