Reply #4: situations like this remind me

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of Sean Astin's situation growing up.

If you've ever heard him talk about it, it's a touching story demonstrating how multiple people who love a child are a wonderful thing.

Sean Astin was legally raised as John Astin's son, but he could have been the biological son of 3 different men. All three men acted as fathers to him, loving him and giving him emotional support.

He eventually had a DNA test done and found out which was his biological father, but each of the men have remained close in his life, and he can still go to any of them for help or advice.

It's really touching and demonstrates very well that a child is better off having many people who love him/her than shutting some of them out because it might be "confusing". Despite his mother's emotional troubles throughout his childhood, Sean seems to have grown up to be a smart, stable, sensible guy. I suspect the support of his "fathers" were a big part of that.