The Moth

Is Your Dad Single?

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A teenager adjusts to life with new step-siblings.

Tags Family Step family Adolescence Youth Parenthood Nostalgic Moving Thought-provoking Bittersweet Serious Regretful

Storyteller

Erin Barker

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Adolescence and Agony December 9, 2014 500th Episode Special

Recorded Date

July 17, 2013

“Though the good role and the smart role were both taken in my family, there was one vacancy still available.”

Photo by Sarah Stacke
Erin Barker

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