<human>: Some background: Me and my boyfriend met at work a little over a year ago when I was 17 and he was 23, we pursued a relationship in September, and I have been hiding it all of this time. I just turned 18 about a month ago. 

Now that I am 18 I would like to tell my family about my relationship and have them involved; I have already met a great deal of his family and spend a lot of time with them. 

He is absolutely wonderful, and we get along very well. The catch? Well, he has a 2 year old child from his previous marriage. He gets her about every few months with a weekend or two scattered here and there. She currently doesn't live near us, and primarily stays with the ex-wife and her new husband. I am nervous to tell my parents this, because I feel like it will change how they see him, and possibly cause them to reject our relationship.

Redditors, do you have any advice for how to break this to them?

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<bot>: I am going to tell my parents about my boyfriend and I don't know how to explain to them that he has a child.