Stepchildren Quotes (4 quotes)

“The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.”
― Jill Paton Walsh

tags: folklore, stepchildren, wicked

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“The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Have you ever considered that the wedding that carries such positive memories for you may have had a very different meaning for your stepson or daughter? On your wedding day, he watched his father marry someone other than his mother, officially ending the family he once knew.”
― Sharilee Swaity, 16 Gifts From a Stepmom

tags: blended-families, marriage, stepchild, stepchildren, stepmom, stepmothers

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“Some children are each loved by their stepparent, but not by their biological parent … or parents.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adoption, biological-parent, biological-parents, childfree, childless, children, stepchild, stepchildren, stepparent, stepparents

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