stepparent
Example Sentences
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As we show in a different study, and as Ella Emhoff demonstrates, at times the children view their biological parents and their stepparent as parents.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024
"I didn't relish losing a second parent, and I had complex feelings about gaining a stepparent, who I thought had recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar," Harry wrote in "Spare."
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
If the only issue really is that you've had to work at it through multiple challenges, well, that just sounds like the job description to me: parent or stepparent.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
A request from the 11-year-old me: If you become a stepparent and do the grocery shopping, ask your stepchildren what kind of food they want in the fridge.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
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
