Talk:Stepfamily

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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.

How about in real lifes? Is there any specific research on it?211.75.249.244 05:47, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

The end of this looks like it was copied from somewhere

1 Added external Link
2 Needs work
3 Designation
4 origins
5 Death vs. divorce
6 etymology

[edit] Added external Link

Have added an external link to this article Stepfamily Zone If this is not allowed please delete it, thank you.

[edit] Needs work

Needs considerable work --Dpr 10:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Designation

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)

[edit] origins

What is the etymology of the word? Thes entinel 03:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Death vs. divorce

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)

[edit] etymology

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 removed this since I can find any proof of it "the ca. AD 1000 Middle-English root stoep meant "unrelated by marriage (or blood)"87.102.4.180 13:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

"step- combining form. Indicating relationship through the previous marriage of a spouse or parent rather than by blood: stepson; stepfather. [Old English stẽop-; compare ãstỹpan to bereave" - Collins English Dictionary (3rd edition, Glasgow: HarperCollins, 1991). Hope this helps. Cheers, Sam Clark 10:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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