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The poll surveyed 977 caregivers of children 13 and younger, including 53% biological mothers and 33% biological fathers, with the remaining participants including stepparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026 Other types of suspects included mothers’ boyfriends, babysitters, stepparents or other relatives.—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Usually these harms were inflicted by a caregiver – a parent, stepparent, grandparent or other guardian.—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025 Upon her wedding, Princess Beatrice also became the first member of the royal family in her generation to take on the role of a stepparent, becoming a stepmother to Edo's now-9-year-old son, Christopher Woolf, whom the family calls Wolfie.—Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stepparent