stepparent
IPA: stˈɛpˈɛrʌnt
noun
- One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent
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Examples of "stepparent" in Sentences
- If the poster is orphaned, I agree to become the stepparent.
- In most cases, the stepparent can not be ordered to pay child support.
- Stepparent adoption also can occur if the other biological parent is deceased.
- A Step Grandparent can be your parent's stepparent or your stepparent's parent.
- Perhaps the most striking, and potentially disturbing, new research has to do with children in stepparent families.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.