Family is a blessing, but things sure can get complicated fast.

When it comes to the wellbeing of kids, parents (and parental figures) can quickly get into conflicts.

Reddit user @2_Skys took to the platform to see if she might be on the wrong end of one of these conflicts.

Check it out.

AITA for not letting my daughter travel out of country with only her stepmom?

I (44F) have been divorced from my ex husband (41M) for the last 13 years.

We have 2 kids, 15M, and 13F, together.

He is remarried to 33F and has 2 additional boys with her.

They are 11 and 10.

They have been legally separated for the last 2 years and live in different states.

She has continued to be in our kids lives and we all have agreed to keep the sibling bond strong among all 4 kids.

Seems like the right thing to do to not let your issues punish the kids.

Last year she started taking the kids on separate trips but 2 at a time to celebrate their birthdays.

One of her boys and my daughter went to Las Vegas (out of state for all of us) with her for their birthdays.

And she took my son and her other son on a white water rafting trip for their birthdays.

Again out of state for her and her son.

Wow! Biggest birthday party anybody ever threw me was at Chuck-E-Cheese.

A couple of days ago out of the blue my daughter was on FaceTime with stepmom and my daughter asked to go on a overseas trip with just her step mom for 4 days over spring break.

I asked if we could make a girls trip, so I could also go, and my daughter said no.

I suggested something in county just the 2 of them and stepmom is refusing that idea.

My ex asked if he could go and my daughter said no.

She just wants to spend time with stepmom alone.

Should we be concerned?

She claims to be a last minute planner and does not currently have a booked or planned out itinerary.

And when I told stepmom I wasn’t comfortable with my daughter going alone with her she lost her mind.

She is claiming I am robbing her of this amazing experience out of jealously.

I feel as if she is buying her affection and overstepping every parenting boundary there is under the sun.

And completely disregarding my parenting decisions and disrespecting me as mom.

It does feel like a bit of an overSTEP, if you will.

Ex supports daughter traveling with her alone and has basically washed his hands of the argument.

She is ready to bring this to a court to force my hand.

I hate this.

I am not ok with my 13 year old dictating travel plans with out my input or consent.

Everything in me says this is not a good idea.

I don’t trust stepmom, and I don’t trust air travel right now and with the state of the world I don’t think traveling without bio parent is a good idea.

Messy, messy family issues.

Commenters weighed in.

They spoke with a pretty unified voice, as typified by @RedneckDeburante:

@NWL3 goes as far as to offer further warnings:

@Traditional_Load8228 is pretty sure that step mom can’t even do this:

@DinaFelice reminds us all that an overseas trip is no minor thing:

@maximum-nothing-4106 sums it up pretty nicely:

So yeah…I guess put a stop to all that!

Sooner rather than later.

If you enjoyed that story, read this one about a mom who was forced to bring her three kids with her to apply for government benefits, but ended up getting the job of her dreams.