Loving Another's Child As Your Own

 I think an award should be given for stepfathers & stepmothers who take on another person's children as their own. It takes a special person to step in where the biological parent(s) failed. I'm referring to biological parents who don't care enough about their biological child(ren) to be in their lives, either because of a bitter baby mother or because that parent chooses not to take care of the seed they created. The child didn't ask to be born to the parents it has, but if a child needs proper guidance, there should be a responsible adult willing to show them the way. I respect all the stepparents who love other children as their own because if it wasn't for them, that child would be headed for destruction. Uncles, stepparents, mentors, anyone involved in making a difference in a child's life, I salute you. Should the biological parent(s) wise up and want to be in their child(ren)'s lives, that child doesn't know them. That child remembers who showed them the way, and it wasn't their biological parents. By the time a child grows up, what could their biological parent(s) teach them that they haven't learned on their own (with proper guidance)? Nothing...except what NOT to do.