stepparent

Example Sentences

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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

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