this is a little late and all, but this is shocking to brag about. He doesn't even live with her, and there is no indication they see each other at all. She can take zero credit for "raising" him tbh, and she made the very risky decision to leave her son with an unrelated adult man, who may or may not have an innocent reason for wanting to live with an 8th grade boy. iirc the ex boyfriend doesn't have any of his own kids, which is a huge red flag to me. The only childless adults that are okay living with random kids are supposed to get vetted through adoption programs, and it is hard to get approved for a reason. There are a lot of creeps out there. And creeps are very good at making children think that abuse is actually love, so they won't speak up about what is happening to them. I hope nothing bad is going on, but I have a hunch that this is a bad situation.