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<p>If there&#39;s one thing all those Disney movies taught us, it&#39;s the trope of the evil stepmother, hellbent on making the life of her stepchild an isolated hell while treating her own kin like tiny royalty.</p><p>While Disney movies aren&#39;t the most accurate depiction of the real world (you&#39;ll be hard-pressed to find a half-octopus woman determined to steal a royal mermaid&#39;s voice), they still affect our cultural perceptions.</p><p>One mom is currently coming under fire online after making a Facebook post asking if anyone could &quot;remove&quot; her stepson from a handful of family photos.</p><h2>A screenshot of the post <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/eb0n9a/this_mother_of_the_year/" target="_blank">was shared on Reddit</a> with the title &quot;Mother Of The Year.&quot;</h2><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/eb0n9a/this_mother_of_the_year/" height="960" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/photoshop-WwJZg5.jpg" width="584" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/eb0n9a/this_mother_of_the_year/">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p>The stepmom&#39;s post read:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Is there anyway y&#39;all could remove the kid to the right in these pictures. He&#39;s my stepson and I love these pictures of us together but I also didn&#39;t get any good ones with just two without him. Also remove him from the full family pictures please. Thanks in advance.&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>EDIT: I love my stepson but I do want some without him in them. I already posted these but I just wanted to have it both ways.</p> </blockquote><h2>As you can see by the reactions (ranging from angry to sad), it&#39;s clear the post blew up in a bad way on Facebook, and that infamy helped it travel to Reddit, where people dragged the stepmom and empathized with the stepson.</h2><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/smsjohnson2/">smsjohnson2</a> remembers what it felt like to be the little boy.</h2><blockquote> <p>This happened to me - i&#39;m 30 now.</p> <p>Family were discussing the upcoming family photos, and my sister suggested we move the date so I could be involved too.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>My step-mum said it was &quot;for family only&quot;, and said it was best to leave it as it was.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/___ireallydontknow/">ireallydontknow</a> already has schadenfreude for the stepmom&#39;s future.</h2><blockquote> <p>Parents seem to forget that when they get old - they&#39;ll need people to take care of them again. At least you won&#39;t have that burden.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AnonymousChikorita/">AnonymousChikorita</a> feels nothing but empathy for the sweet little boy.</h2><blockquote> <p>This genuinely made me sad. Imagine how that child felt. I bet he noticed he wasn&rsquo;t included like the other two.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/eb0n9a/this_mother_of_the_year/" target="_blank">foilfun</a> is positive that the stepson could sense things were different with him.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m sure he noticed. Kids are perceptive. He might not notice enough to recognize what&rsquo;s going on, but he for sure notices enough to internalize it.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MunkyFarm75/">MunkyFarm75</a> thinks the stepmom should be photoshopped out.</h2><blockquote> <p>If I was fortunate enough to get her request I would have photoshopped her out and sent that back to her....&quot;now the photo is perfect&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>While the stepmom&#39;s public request to alienate her stepson is a bad omen for their relationship, the fact that people are calling it out gives hope that she&#39;ll wake up and change her ways.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People respond to mom asking if anyone can photoshop stepson out of family photos.

If there&#39;s one thing all those Disney movies taught us, it&#39;s the trope of the evil stepmother, hellbent on making the life of her stepchild an isolated hell while treating her own kin like tiny royalty.While Disney movies aren&#39;t the most accurate depiction of the real world (you&#39;ll be hard-pressed to find a half-octopus woman determined to steal a royal mermaid&#39;s voice), they still affect our cultural perceptions.One mom is currently coming under fire online after making a Facebook post asking if anyone could &quot;remove&quot; her stepson from a handful of family photos.A screenshot of the post was shared on Reddit with the title &quot;Mother Of The Year.&quot;   Reddit The stepmom&#39;s post read: &quot;Is there anyway y&#39;all could remove the kid to the right in these pictures. He&#39;s my stepson and I love these pictures of us together but I also didn&#39;t get any good ones with just two without him. Also remove him from the full family pictures please. Thanks in advance.&quot;  EDIT: I love my stepson but I do want some without him in them. I already posted these but I just wanted to have it both ways. As you can see by the reactions (ranging from angry to sad), it&#39;s clear the post blew up in a bad way on Facebook, and that infamy helped it travel to Reddit, where people dragged the stepmom and empathized with the stepson.smsjohnson2 remembers what it felt like to be the little boy. This happened to me - i&#39;m 30 now. Family were discussing the upcoming family photos, and my sister suggested we move the date so I could be involved too.  My step-mum said it was &quot;for family only&quot;, and said it was best to leave it as it was. ireallydontknow already has schadenfreude for the stepmom&#39;s future. Parents seem to forget that when they get old - they&#39;ll need people to take care of them again. At least you won&#39;t have that burden. AnonymousChikorita feels nothing but empathy for the sweet little boy. This genuinely made me sad. Imagine how that child felt. I bet he noticed he wasn&rsquo;t included like the other two. foilfun is positive that the stepson could sense things were different with him. I&rsquo;m sure he noticed. Kids are perceptive. He might not notice enough to recognize what&rsquo;s going on, but he for sure notices enough to internalize it. MunkyFarm75 thinks the stepmom should be photoshopped out. If I was fortunate enough to get her request I would have photoshopped her out and sent that back to her....&quot;now the photo is perfect&quot; While the stepmom&#39;s public request to alienate her stepson is a bad omen for their relationship, the fact that people are calling it out gives hope that she&#39;ll wake up and change her ways.