Sentence examples for A step parent from inspiring English sources

A child is killed by a step parent.

Gay couples in the state will have to continue to have one member of the couple formally adopt the child, she said, and then the other member has to come back later to do a second parent adoption a similar process to a step parent adopting a stepchild.

And in around 20 countries a partner can adopt the child as a step-parent.

But nobody ever says that when they grow up they want to be a step-parent, do they?

That could mean a step-parent, foster parents, a friend or sibling who raised you – however you define it.

The report said becoming an orphan and being brought up by relatives is a risk factor, as is the arrival of a step-parent.

Later they may move into a family with a step-parent and there may be step-siblings, so they have a lot of adjusting to do.

Changes in the social environment within families include death of a parent, immigration of a step-parent, and dispersal/death and escalation of conflict between siblings.

If you marry someone who already has children, you automatically become a step-parent but if your ex- goes on to reproduce after your split, you have no recognisable relationship with your own children's half-siblings.

These adolescents were categorized into one of three family groups: families where kids lived with both their biological parents, families where kids lived with one of their parents and either a step-parent or a parent's partner, or single-parent families.

I think one of the greatest learning curves in my life has been being a step-parent – I have two of my own kids and two very lovely stepkids and I thought I knew how to do that and I found out that I didn't and I had to learn how to do it.