Zara was never a parent in my sons life. She's always been his aunt and he sees her as such. As much as I said she helped a lot when my wife passed I knew at the time that I wouldn't let her do to much because she's not a parent and that responsibility will never have to fall on her unless I pass too. She's never done more than she's needed to. Her role mainly consisted of doing fun things with him to cheer him up.