Auroraila

You know, I think Richard Fields actually did tell Kendall that Erica had told him she was 18, which was basically his story to everyone, and Kendall was totally snowed by his lies. Though, yes, Erica had already acknowledged Kendall as her daughter at that point and she was the one who went out of her way to bring Kendall into her life as her daughter after Kendall told her who she really was, I agree Dimitri was pushing too hard to make an instant close relationship happen too fast afterward, which is unwise even under the best of circumstances without the emotional build-up on both sides here. But in additional to his own experiences with Edmund, I think part of his motivation was that Dimitri said he saw the child he had lost in Kendall. But I agree it was wrong of Dimitri to try and tell Erica how to parent her own kids. I think he figured that since they were married, they were his kids too but still…. It did make him look arrogant and controlling. Generally, I understand Dimitri’s motivation in terms of soap motivation and his trying to control the search when he helped find Richard Fields, but I do wish Kendall refrained from finding him at all. Research, maybe - she was seduced by his movie star glamour - but not meeting him. Even Erica related on some level to Kendall’s daddy issues but told her “No,” to finding him multiple times with good reason and, of course, did try to protect Kendall from the ugliness at first. Kendall was devastated by what Fields did to her mother and yes, she was determined, impulsive, acting out for attention while sincere in her longing for Erica's approval, and struggling with her own self-identity, but Kendall wanted to know everything her way, which was ironically not unlike a younger Erica. Though it wouldn’t have been as dramatic of a story, I think Kendall should have stayed away from Richard Fields. However, it was an emotional, complicated story-arch for Kendall, Erica and everyone that allowed for great performances - the life blood of a soap