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stepmothers  

Definition

  • A stepmother is a woman whose partner has a child or children from a previous relationship. Traditionally, this definition was limited to a woman whose husband had a child or children from a previous marriage that ended either in the death of the children's mother or in a divorce.The definition has been expanded to include women whose current partner (either through marriage or cohabitation) has a child or children from any previous relationship, formal or informal, in which that partner acknowledges the child and has some role in the child's life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Stepmothers]

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