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stepmother
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A stepmother, stepmum or stepmom is a female non-biological parent married to one's preexisting parent. Children from her spouse's previous unions are known as her stepchildren. A stepmother-in-law is a stepmother of one's spouse.
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- Part of
- stepfamily
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- has characteristic
- wife
- Commons category
- Stepmothers in art
- kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata
- ?person wdt:P3448 ?relative . ?relative wdt:P21 wd:Q6581072
- opposite of
- stepfather
- P8168
- toon
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A stepmother, stepmum or stepmom is a female non-biological parent married to one's preexisting parent. Children from her spouse's previous unions are known as her stepchildren. A stepmother-in-law is a stepmother of one's spouse.
==Culture== Stepparents (mainly stepmothers) may also face some societal challenges due to the stigma surrounding the "evil stepmother" character. Morello notes that the introduction of the "evil stepmother" character in the past is problematic to stepparents today, as it has created a stigma towards stepmothers. The presence of this stigma can have a negative impact on stepmothers' self-esteem.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stepmother” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.