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In many fairy tales, stepmothers are portrayed as wicked, evil, and hating their stepchildren. This is perhaps best seen (or at least most well known) in Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel.
The end of this looks like it was copied from somewhere
Needs considerable work -- Dpr 10:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
How would you designate a man who has married one's mother and the one whose mother was married was originally born as a child to a single parent?? Georgia guy 22:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
What is the etymology of the word? Thes entinel 03:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Reverted an assertion that because death doesn't severe the bond between the parents, no stepfamily is formed when the widowed remarries. (Cinderella didn't have a stepmother, apparently.) Goldfritha 23:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Here is some error:
According to clause 3: half of children under age 13 live in a kind of stepfamily
According to clause 5: 30% of all children live in stepfamilies
What happens when children living in stepfamilies reach age of 13,
stepfamily dissolves?
Vselezn ( talk) 16:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
But it could be interpreted as high incidence of stepchildren is recent trend.
Is it right?
Vselezn ( talk) 02:02, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
I looks like the original etymology supplied (stoep) was added in error some time ago. I have added what may be the accepted etymology (steop). Can someone more expert please check and correct... 87.102.8.141 21:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I've added a link to the step-family section of a charity I support. Any problems please feel free to change it but they provide some good support that people might find useful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doive ( talk • contribs) 10:08, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm writing on behalf of the Tufts University Child and Family Webguide to ask that our website be considered for an external link on this Wikipedia page. Our website is maintained and developed by a staff of evaluators who search the web for articles and sites that contain valuable information for children and their parents regarding various medical/developmental topics. This link leads to our "Stepfamily" site, which contains information on blended families and how new stepfamily relationships are likely to affect children.
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/topic/2/175.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.64.134.109 ( talk) 02:26, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I am researching the legal and social status of a divorced stepfamily for a personal genealogy project. Specifically, if a parent remarries, such that there is step-parent and step-siblings, and then divorces, does this nullify the "step" relationships? Some relatives have asserted that the stepfamily is unrelated and should not be included in a family tree. Miqrogroove ( talk) 18:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
If your step-mother or father has brothers and sisters and they have their own children what would the relation be between those people? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.106.105 ( talk) 21:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC) I've seen terms like 'step-cousin' (which would seem to apply in this case) or even 'step-aunt' and 'step-nephew' used in Genealogical descriptions, but do not know whether it is "officially" correct. - Loren —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.196.134 ( talk) 12:27, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Several dictionary definitions say a step-parent is a SUBSEQUENT spouse of a parent. If my father has been married twice, and I am his child by his first wife, then his second wife is my stepmother. (Obvious.) But if I am his child by his second wife, then his first wife is NOT my stepmother. (???) I could imagine that it had been assumed long ago that, if my father has a second wife, his first wife is dead. So my question wouldn’t have made sense. But that assumption is no longer reasonable. Has the definition changed in the meantime? - Loren —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.196.134 ( talk) 03:54, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
In January, 2008, there were two external links for Australia ( permanent link).
Last year, these changes were made to that section:
I have above noted that there seem to be, indeed, too many external links, particularly in the United States section. I recommend that editors of this article review these links, and keep those which are most useful. See WP:EL for guidance. I suggest, in particular, links which will then link to other resources, and links which are neutral, as well as links which are particularly useful. Links appealing to a narrow audience may not be appropriate, but it is up to the editors of this article to decide. Of course, that any editor can become an editor of this article, absent some conflict of interest. If you are connected with a web site as an owner or employee or officer, you should not add links to your site, but may suggest them in Talk.
Because it was long-standing, and without serious review, I am replacing the former link to stepfamily.asn.au. It appears to have been removed as a kind of vandalism or making a point, and that wasn't noticed. -- Abd ( talk) 18:22, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
This is just a question of curiosity, but what exactly is a stepsibling once (or more times) removed? I think it would be something of interest to address in this article. Fuelsaver ( talk) 23:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
The article should maybe try to determine how often incest occurs within newly formed stepfamilies. Given that the obvious biological link is no longer prevalent in the second family, it is possible to imagine that the taboo surrounding sexual relations with step-relatives is not as strong as in biological families. ADM ( talk) 19:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps a strange question - but if a stepparent dies (while still married to someone's parent), is that someone still the step-sibling of the stepparent's children? I assume divorce means that a "step-sibling" will no longer be a step-sibling, but is the same true for death? All Hallow's Wraith ( talk) 00:12, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Suggest? A suggestion is not a fact.
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Okay, so I get married and have one child by my husband. My father is his father-in-law. We divorce or he dies or something, and I remarry a guy that already has a child. My father is of course his father-in-law, and he is of course my child's stepfather. Here's where the confusion comes in...
Would my second husband technically be my child's father-in-law as well? Aren't the children sibling-in-laws? I see why they're step-family, but wouldn't they all also be family-in-law?
I mean, my father isn't genetically related to either of my husbands, so why wouldn't Husband 2 be my child's father-in-law? Motherloving non-genetic relationships, how do they work? (It just hit me all of the sudden, and I just HAD to ask, although I'm probably going to wish I hadn't. *wink*)
My brain hurts... 74.177.120.167 ( talk) 00:15, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
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Do some parts of the world have laws against a stepbrother and stepsister having sex together? Can they marry each other? Obviously, such things are frowned on in most of the world, but are they illegal anywhere? 94.196.149.221 ( talk) 13:09, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! My name is Stasia and I will be adding a couple of things to the article for a class assignment. Here are a couple of sources I am thinking of using: 1) https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c11#BK214 2) http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec05/stepfamily.aspx 3) http://smartcouples.ifas.ufl.edu/divorceremarriage/building-your-stepfamily/is-your-stepfamily-one-of-these-3-common-types/. Any advice would be great! Thank you!
This ignores completely that almost all infanticide is maternal, and statistically more disproportional in blended families, with the probability of infanticide raising up to five thousand times normal in such families. It appears the abuse section brushes over maternal abuse as a fairy tale and focuses in on the paternal and sexual abuse whilst utterly ignoring you know, something a little worse than any kind of abuse, ending someones life. 121.210.33.50 ( talk) 00:12, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
The terminology section is hilarious. If I want to demonstate to someone the insansity that is Wiki, I'll be sure to direct them there. 71.184.87.187 ( talk) 00:21, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
The definitions given do not make sense or correlate with common use. A step uncle should be a step-parent's sibling (this definition isn't even included). It doesn't really make sense that whether or not an aunt or uncle is a "step" is based on whether or not you already have cousins. This is an unnecessary redefining of the term. By that definition the person transitions from step to "full" aunt/uncle if they have a child. That doesn't work anywhere else.
Generally any current spouse of an aunt/uncle is an aunt/uncle. Period. Whether or not you consider them to continue to be after a marriage ends might vary. They are your aunt/uncle by definition of their marriage to your aunt/uncle, not through cousins. Such a definition would also introduce a silly procession. Imagine your uncle married, now you have an aunt. Then they divorce. Then your uncle married again, a new aunt. They have a child. Then they divorce. Uncle remarries first aunt, by this definition her remarrying, turns her into a step aunt. What? Then they have a kid and she turns into your aunt again? J1DW ( talk) 21:10, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
This article should include a picture to explain terminology around this topic. 1.127.106.14 ( talk) 12:39, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
I think these articles
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stepsibling
need to make clear the 2 definitions of step-siblings
1. co-children-in-law
2. adoptive siblings
In these posts
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/91992/can-step-siblings-marry-in-catholicism
Someone says 'You could perhaps make it clear whether you are asking about step-siblings who have or have not been adopted by the step-parent.'
For example, in Stranger Things s4, when the Byers adopt Eleven, there's this part in S04E03 someone asks Jonathan 'Is Jane's father or mother around?' and then Jonathan says 'Uh, no. No, her mom's out of town. I'm her brother. Um, step-brother. But, uh…'
Or is Jonathan wrong? Or does this Wikipedia article have a different definition like how some definitions of 'rectangle' don't include 'square' ? Thewriter006 ( talk) 01:11, 27 July 2023 (UTC)