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Stepfamily

A stepfamily (sometimes called a bonus family) is a family where at least one parent has children who are not biologically related to their spouse. Either parent, or both, may have children from previous relationships or marriages. Two known classifications for stepfamilies include "simple" stepfamilies, where only one member of the family's couple has a…

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Legal status

Stepparent adoption

Abuse

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Stepfamily

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples89
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Stepfamily

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related to References · 31
Stepfamily → Beast, Becoming, Blonde, Company, Development, Farrar, From, Giroux, Grimm's, ISBN, Jossey-Bass, Maria, Marina, New York, New York London, NJ, Norton, On Fairy Tales, Papernow, Patricia
related to Abuse · 18
Stepfamily → Cinderella, Economic, I'll, In, Lady Tremaine, Madame Fichini, Neglect, Other, Seven Dwarfs, She, Snow White, Sophie, Stepfathers, The, The Trouble, They, Weekes, Weekes-Shackelford
related to Education · 14
Stepfamily → According, Adler-Baeder, Although, As, Deficit Reduction Act, For, Healthy Marriage Demonstration Grants, Higginbotham, In, One, Step Family Foundation, The, These, US
related to Challenges · 8
Stepfamily → According, Additional, However, James Bray, Often, Research, Stepparents, This
related to In research · 6
Stepfamily → Becoming, Immersion, In, Patricia Papernow, The, This
related to Legal status · 5
Stepfamily → Although, However, There, This, Western

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stepbrotherinstance ofWords0.80text
stepnieceinstance ofWords0.80text
stepparent appeared much laterinstance ofWords0.80text
have no particular connotation of bereavementinstance ofWords0.80text
stepfamiliesinstance ofwhich include at-risk and diverse populations0.80text
are providing important information on the evaluation of stepfamily programsinstance ofwhich include at-risk and diverse populations0.80text
their effectiveness in servicing stepfamiliesinstance ofwhich include at-risk and diverse populations0.80text
Stepfamilyrelated to AbuseSnow White0.60section
Stepfamilyrelated to AbuseSeven Dwarfs0.60section
Stepfamilyrelated to AbuseLady Tremaine0.60section
Stepfamilyrelated to AbuseCinderella0.60section
Stepfamilyrelated to AbuseMadame Fichini0.60section

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