“The stepchild, living in an orphanage, yearned for the warmth and affection of a family that they never experienced.”

“No other single event epitomizes that fact so flagrantly as does Folk Fest, the red-headed stepchild of New York's annual Outsider Art Fair.”

“At that point, Stage Fright evidently became something of a redheaded stepchild among Hitchcock's oeuvre.”

“This way, she can daydream about that heady night of breaking class barriers while doing her chores as a second-class citizen in her stepfamily.”

“One in ten families in the UK is a stepfamily and the figure is rising, with more than two million children in stepfamilies.”

“Only one stepfamily in six includes a father, his children, and a stepmother without children of her own.”

“My mother and stepmother are sworn enemies owing to my mother's treatment of my stepsister when we were small.”

“You're adjusting to a lot of changes, and it's not easy to accept a stepdad and stepsister.”

“I think I'll just prance outside looking like the Bride of Frankenstein's ugly stepsister and scare everyone into unconsciousness.”

“Well, my father went to the party with my stepmother, and he brought my half-sister and me along.”

“At the sight of his stepmother, Ian makes a noise deep in his throat, almost a growl.”

“Her father was a prominent surgeon, her stepmother, Paula Lindberg, a famous contralto.”

“Bright green eyes lined in red blinked up at me and my stomach dropped as I pulled my baby stepbrother into a hug.”

“While catching up on some of my favorite sites, I read the following on Melanie's site about her stepbrother.”

“Helen's memories of long ago are interrupted by her annoying stepbrother when he decides to end his eavesdropping in favor of chocolate cake.”

“He was born and raised in Edinburgh, later discovering that the man he had known as his father was his stepfather.”

“Today, the German smooth-haired pinscher is considered the stepfather of several German breeds, including affenpinschers.”

“The stepfather of an imprisoned 17-year-old boy takes us up to his tiny apartment to meet his wife.”

“You should take a cue from her husband and see your stepdaughter as a child, too.”

“His gaze alighted on the journalist Eleanor Mills, by chance the stepdaughter of a Cabinet minister.”

“The court heard the stepfather was remorseful and apologised to his stepdaughter for what he did.”

“He was unable to drive his stepson to school and had to cancel a hospital appointment.”

“At the core of Hamlet is a domestic triangle in which Claudius's stepson does his level best to break up his mother's remarriage.”

“He is married to a former model, with whom he has a son, a daughter, and a stepson from one of her three previous marriages.”

“Absent parents may express feelings of rejection if their children verbalize positive feelings for the stepparent.”

“Children may also show hostility to the stepparent as a defense mechanism against feelings of hurt and betrayal.”

“And any financial support that your stepparent provides will be counted as untaxed income on the Fafsa.”

“A few weeks ago my stepdad had simply stuck a hose in one end and waited for the mole to be flushed out.”

“I was just wondering if you can give me some advice on with my stepdad, because me and him aren't communicating very well.”

“My stepdad is a contractor and he always hired more men over the spring and summer.”

“The young brood came into the world at the usual period, but one only continued with her stepdame.”

“I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother euen such another.”

“Deia's stepmom emerged underneath the staircase with a stack of neatly folded clothes and shot Vaius a look of dislike and poisonous curiosity.”

“My stepmom didn't dare to touch me anymore and it's still the same between me and my dad.”

“One bride wouldn't let her stepmom have her hair and makeup done with the rest of the bridal party.”

“Such friends as she has live a considerable distance from Plumstead, although she does have two stepbrothers who live not too far away.”

“How could I forget the fact that Matt and Chris were stepbrothers and probably knew more about each other than they'd ever admit?”

“In 1963, he left the store to be run by his stepbrothers and opened a new shop on St Aubyn Street.”

“Chris had remarried, and Gill felt like a fifth wheel while living with him, his new wife, and his two stepchildren.”

“Yet, they may find themselves caring for biological children, stepchildren, relatives, aging parents and a new spouse.”

“In the first novel Carmen must discover where her place is in her father's home which now includes a new wife and stepchildren.”

“Relationships with mothers is confusing enough, not to mention those with stepmothers.”

“There were many others on the porch, her cousins, stepmothers and other female relatives.”

“This attitude applies to stepmothers and adoptive mothers as well.”

“Twenty-two percent of those in stepfamilies also cited family relations, such as problems with siblings, stepsiblings, and stepparents.”

“Generally, if the noncustodial biological parent consents, stepparents may adopt the children.”

“On behalf of the community we extend our deepest sympathy to his sisters, stepsisters, nephews, nieces relatives and friends.”

“Now, this Princess's mother had died when she was very young and she lived with her father, stepmother, and two stepsisters.”

“Your stepmother and stepsisters probably love you, but just have a hard time showing it.”

“The high rate of divorce and remarriage has also increased the importance of stepfamilies.”

“There are stepfamilies, blended families, foster families, families of birth and families of intention.”

“If you find it difficult to cope, contact counsellors who deal with separation, divorce, stepfamilies and so on.”

“His family are understood to have rushed to his bedside when he was told the news by another of his stepsons.”

“But his son and daughter and two stepsons, the youngest of the children being 22 and oldest 28, have all flown the nest.”

“While he does have two daughters and three stepsons, the decades-old photograph evokes a stage of fathering that is out of date.”