Their father is not a bad man, I understand from the mother, and he’s quite involved with the girls. He’s just not a grownup.
Debbie, the mom, really likes the girls being friends with our daughters. She sometimes mentions how nice it is that Der Prinz and I work together to make things good for our children. I think she felt like she was going it alone even when she was married.
“Going it alone,” is hard, no matter where you are in your marriage.
The girl’s father may be “involved,” but there is nothing like “hands-on” to make a kid feel “necessary.”
Anything you can do to “adopt” that girl will go miles and miles towards making her feel she is worth “something.” And you can tell her (and Anoreth,) that I said so!