20-year-old sister agrees to take custody of her 11, 12, and 14-year-old siblings, enrages their dad who's forcing his 2nd wife into the mother role: 'The best place for them is with two parents'

It's not worth trying to force a familial dynamic that doesn't happen naturally. It doesn't work when parents try to make their new partner a surrogate parent without any consideration for the amount of time their kid has known their new partner. If your 16-year-old son brought his new friend Kyle to your house and told the whole family, "Kyle's my brother now. If you don't treat him like your son and brother, you inherently disrespect him and me." Meanwhile, you don't know this kid, don't particularly care about him, and don't accept him as part of your closest kin, yet there he remains. This situation doesn't happen with kids because they have less power within the familial unit. There is no shortage of parents who bring a new person into their family without consulting their children and immediately expecting them to treat this person as a family member. It's ludicrous!

The sister in this story naturally became a mother figure after her and her three younger siblings' mother passed away. Instead of embracing that, the father of the three kids shunned their older sister and forced his second wife into that mother role despite his kids' apathy towards her.
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AITA for agreeing to take custody of my siblings from their dad when he asked me if I'd raise them since I'm fine taking his wife's role?

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