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- noun Plural form of
stepkid .
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Examples
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She says I have no idea what it means to be a "real parent" because I have only had "stepkids" since they were 4 and 5 and only on a split-custody schedule.
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She says I have no idea what it means to be a "real parent" because I have only had "stepkids" since they were 4 and 5 and only on a split-custody schedule.
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Again, I'm an English-using professional and I assure you, if you get started talking about your stepkids in English, here's how it will go:
Tony Phillips: English Lacks Vocabulary for Safe Discussion of Stepchildren
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I was supposed to know how to do this; I was supposed to be good at this; I was supposed to be in love not only with Tessa, but with my new husband and my new life and my new stepkids and my new town and my new house and all of it.
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I am a stepmom and I have good relationships with my stepkids, but as everybody and their dogs like to remind me, I am not their mom.
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Learn from my experience and trust me when I tell you, as a stepfather and a professional user of English: Don't talk about your stepkids to their mother.
Tony Phillips: English Lacks Vocabulary for Safe Discussion of Stepchildren
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Born in Switzerland and raised internationally, she now lives in La Canada, California, with her husband, toddler, and wonderful stepkids.
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We can exploit rhetorical devices and accomplish persuasive purposes across cultures, across genders, across generations and across vast oceans, but we can't do it when it comes to the stepkids.
Tony Phillips: English Lacks Vocabulary for Safe Discussion of Stepchildren
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Although I don't identify as a mom, even though I have grown stepkids, my feminism puts mother & child at the center of my analysis.
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I use English for a living and I assure you, as a language it's not designed to talk about stepkids.
Tony Phillips: English Lacks Vocabulary for Safe Discussion of Stepchildren
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