{"id":3696,"date":"2018-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/clone-mafs-tracey-hits-back-claims-shes-abandoning-her-child-love\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T02:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:04:23","slug":"clone-mafs-tracey-hits-back-claims-shes-abandoning-her-child-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/clone-mafs-tracey-hits-back-claims-shes-abandoning-her-child-love\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS Tracey hits back at claims she\u2019s \u2018abandoning her child\u2019 for love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 34-year-old was so irritated by the fallout that she penned an open latter to her haters via news.com.au,<\/a> explaining \u201cthis attack hasn\u2019t been fair to myself, my daughter, or her dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tracey explained that her daughter was three when he marriage dissolved – and Grace\u2019s father is now married to a woman with four children, who have embraced Grace as a sibling.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly on, [Grace] was with me a lot more, but soon it became clear that taking her away from her siblings was causing her more stress, and she was missing out on family activities that they got to experience.

\n\t\t\u201cGiven I returned to work after the divorce (I had to for financial reasons) and her stepmum is a stay-at-home mum it made no sense for Grace to be in daycare when she could be with her siblings and stepmum.

\n\t\t\u201cShe\u2019s now been with this family unit longer than when we were married and it works for our situation. I see Grace at least one night a week and more in school holidays, and she\u2019s a happy, well-adjusted girl, and that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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