Reddit reviews Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
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Parenting the Hurt Child is a good one.
It will all come together but right n now both you and he are in upheaval. It's great that he has another male that her bonded with enough to consider him daddy. I wouldn't compete with that but come up with a different title for yourself. Papa, Poppy, something else that designates your role but doesn't make him feel like he's cheating on his daddy.
I definitely recommend the Love and Logic series. I also would recommend looking at some adoption books. Parenting the Hurt Child http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IDHW63G/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1419175089&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70 is excellent. (Forgive the ugly link, I'm on mobile.) I know he's your child and you aren't adopting him. But, he is coming to you without a strong prior relationship. It also sounds like he didn't come from a stable place before. He will have a lot of issues around this transition, very similar to an adopted older child.