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stepparent

[step-pair-uhnt, -par-] / ˈstɛpˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær- /




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The reality-TV star and entrepreneur broke the news Monday on Instagram, where she also got props from Olympian stepparent Caitlyn Jenner.

From Los Angeles Times

Factor in divorces, stepparents, addictions, old rifts and childhood trauma, and you have got the makings for some major triggering.

From Washington Post

I am in favor of this sort of relationship-keeping between parents and their children, as long as there is also relationship-building between stepparents and the children their partners bring into the relationship.

From Washington Post

“My girlfriend’s daughter got me pulling my hair out,” Specter says to commiserate over the difficulties of being a stepparent.

From Los Angeles Times

And he summarizes the themes of this collection: “Euthanasia and gerontology figure in the ’80s short story as distinctively as live-in lovers, Little League, shopping malls, television, and rickety extended families of stepparents and stepsiblings.”

From New York Times