| But where the father moves on and becomes a step-parent he, and his parents, become more engaged with the stepchildren. |
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| When I write about my childhood, or being a step-parent, I've found that it kind of connects with people of all ages and cultures. |
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| As if it weren't hard enough to step into the shoes of parenting someone else's child, a step-parent has to contend with centuries of negative literary images. |
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| But nobody ever says that when they grow up they want to be a step-parent, do they? |
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| That could mean a step-parent, foster parents, a friend or sibling who raised you – however you define it. |
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| McGough was a wonderful step-parent, like many others in this volume: the role has been unjustly maligned in fairytales and myths. |
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| The report said becoming an orphan and being brought up by relatives is a risk factor, as is the arrival of a step-parent. |
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| The law does not say how to determine how much the step-parent should pay when the children's natural parents are not paying the full amount. |
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| Becoming an orphan and being raised by relatives is a risk factor, for example, as is the arrival of a step-parent. |
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| The terms stepchild, stepchildren, step-parent, and step-parents are used for ease of reference only. |
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| They can discuss anything from relationships with a new step-parent, divorce, new siblings, trying to manage living in two homes to anxiety and depression. |
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| In some statutes, moreover, a child is not considered eligible to be adopted by anyone except a married step-parent unless all his parents' rights have been ended. |
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| Without adoption, clearly a step-parent is not the parent. |
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| And in around 20 countries a partner can adopt the child as a step-parent. |
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| Since 2005 it is possible for a step-parent to obtain parental responsibility for their step-children either by agreement or by court order. |
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| Section 2 of the Divorce Act says a child of the marriage includes a child to whom the step-parent stands in the place of a parent. |
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| Larger families, one-parent families and families with a step-parent showed elevated risks for child maltreatment. |
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| One parent may be a step-parent, or children can live with two adults who act as parents but who are not married. |
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| In some States this includes a step-parent relationship. |
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| A blended family is typically made up of one biological parent and one step-parent while an intact family consists of both biological parents. |
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| The presence of a third individual in the relationship, even one that readily assumes a parental role, is no different than that of a step-parent or other caring relative, the Fellowship says. |
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| If your custodial parent remarried before you turned 18 years of age, or if your step-parent has legally adopted you, your step-parent's income tax information is also required. |
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| The survey, by counselling organisation South Warwickshire Relate, revealed that one in 10 children now live with their natural mum or dad and a step-parent. |
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| An example can demonstrate how the addition of a lower end for the durational range allows for a reasonable range of outcomes in step-parent cases. |
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| Family member means your spouse, parent, step-parent, grandparent, grandchild, in-law, natural or adopted child, step-child, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, legal guardian, or legal ward. |
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| In the best possible scenario, a new step-parent can provide economic advantages, as well as emotional and child-rearing support, to the biological parent. |
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| Once a step-parent relationship has been established, the obligations of that stepparent towards the children are similar to those of the natural parents. |
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| Not only is their role challenging, expensive, and often unrewarding, but also, if the stepfamily dissolves, the step-parent will likely lose any rights to their stepchild. |
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| Differentiating between adolescent issues and stepfamily issues may be difficult, but correctly identifying the source of a problem may help the step-parent to deal with it appropriately. |
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| More often, it's to make the other parent the bogeyperson and leave the step-parent and their partner feeling it's not their fault that the child behaves like this. |
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