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My half siblings lived the good life, with plenty of toys and a father. This is an incredibly cruel statement for a man who was raised by loving parents to say about his life. He had a loving father; in fact, writes about how loving his parents are. He seems to be saying that his being with a woman who he hasn't married and his using drugs are all because his mother put him up for adoption. Just imagine: His biological parents loved each other. His biological mother decided, no matter why, that she couldn't raise him herself and he was placed into a loving family where the parents were of different ethnicities, ones that matched his so that he was raised in an environment that was accepting. He should do whatever he can to give his own children and girlfriend the stability he experienced by being in a family where both parents are committed to a legal marriage. He needs to do something about his anger. Thirteen was perhaps a bad time to find out about this because he was still trying to find his identity as a grown up person. He has no obligation to become friends with his biological mother and half-siblings or to find out the real reason his biological father is in prison. However, he does have an obligation to himself, his parents, wife, and children to do something about his anger and his drug abuse before they feel as bereft as he does. They will have a better reason: possibly permanent loss of their father, their spouse, their child.