Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who has married one's parent after the death of or divorce from the other parent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stepfather or stepmother.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Stepfather or stepmother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stepfather orstepmother
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
Etymologies
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Examples
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Children of a stepparent from a previous marriage are "les enfants du premier lit" ou "du second lit" depending on the speaker's relation to the said children.
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Perhaps the most striking, and potentially disturbing, new research has to do with children in stepparent families.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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According to McLanahan's research, children in stepparent families report lower educational aspirations on the part of their parents and lower levels of parental involvement with schoolwork.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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The financial commitment to a child's education appears weaker in stepparent families, perhaps because the stepparent believes that the responsibility for educating the child rests with the biological parent.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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According to one survey, nearly half of all children in stepparent families will see their parents divorce again by the time they reach their late teens.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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The financial commitment to a child's education appears weaker in stepparent families, perhaps because the stepparent believes that the responsibility for educating the child rests with the biological parent.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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According to one survey, nearly half of all children in stepparent families will see their parents divorce again by the time they reach their late teens.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Some will eventually live in stepparent families, but because stepfamilies are more likely to break up than intact (by which I mean two-biological-parent) families, an increasing number of children will experience family breakup two or even three times during childhood.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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According to McLanahan's research, children in stepparent families report lower educational aspirations on the part of their parents and lower levels of parental involvement with schoolwork.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Some will eventually live in stepparent families, but because stepfamilies are more likely to break up than intact (by which I mean two-biological-parent) families, an increasing number of children will experience family breakup two or even three times during childhood.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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