| There were many others on the porch, her cousins, stepmothers and other female relatives. |
| This attitude applies to stepmothers and adoptive mothers as well. |
| Relationships with mothers is confusing enough, not to mention those with stepmothers. |
| But she was the best and most conscientious of stepmothers, and back I had to go to my room. |
| I know from readers that relationships between stepdaughters and stepmothers can be fraught. |
| Ugly sisters and wicked stepmothers, handsome princes and beautiful princesses are all culprits in making some children grow up with low self-esteem, say the US academics. |
