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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 The singer is also a stepparent to Prince, Kasseem, and Nicole, who are Beatz’s kids from a previous relationship.—Essence, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stepparent
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