stepparent
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Not treating that stepparent as a real parent harms children.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024
“I have such an investment in this question, because I too am in a beautiful dynamic,” is how Barrymore awkwardly describes being a stepparent.
From Salon ● May 1, 2024
She added that entering a family as a stepparent means that you’re joining a family that has dynamics already in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
He doesn’t see himself as a stepparent and has no intention of being one.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023
As if it’s not messed up enough for my mother to be marrying some dude who is not my dad, now I have to swallow another stepparent.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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