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Other types of suspects included mothers’ boyfriends, babysitters, stepparents or other relatives.
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Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Violence within families is often described in fairy tales and myths, with wicked adults — typically desperate parents or jealous stepparents — conspiring to harm or kill children.
—CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
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
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Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Violence within families is often described in fairy tales and myths, with wicked adults — typically desperate parents or jealous stepparents — conspiring to harm or kill children.
—CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
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
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepparent. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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stepparent
noun
step·par·ent
ˈstep-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a person who is a stepmother or stepfather
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