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  2. Stepfamily - Wikipedia

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    The joint task is for family members to begin to transcend the "experiential gaps" and to try to form an understanding of other members' roles and experiences. [21] The middle stages consist of the mobilization and action stages. In the mobilization stage, the stepparent can begin to step forward to address the family's process and structure.

  3. Stepchild - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, stepchildren are welcomed into a family and are treated as full members, with the same rights and responsibilities as biological children. However, in some cases, stepchildren may face challenges or difficulties in their relationships with their parents or siblings, and may require additional support and guidance in order to feel ...

  4. Immediate family - Wikipedia

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    The definition was to be expanded from "a remaining spouse, sexual cohabitant, partner, step-parent or step-child, parent-in-law or child-in-law, or an individual related by blood whose close association is an equivalent of a family relationship who was accepted by the deceased as a child of his/her family" to include "any person who had ...

  5. Nuclear family - Wikipedia

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    There are differences in definition among observers. Some definitions allow only biological children who are full-blood siblings and consider adopted or half- and step-siblings a part of the immediate family, but others allow for a step-parent and any mix of dependent children, including stepchildren and adopted children. Some sociologists and ...

  6. Stepsibling - Wikipedia

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    Some contemporary family sitcoms have made the blended family sitcom more popular with the TGIF show Step by Step bringing about other shows such as Aliens in the Family, Life with Derek, Drake & Josh, and the short-lived NBC family sitcom Something So Right. The Life of Riley is a 2009 British comedy television series, shown on BBC One & BBC ...

  7. Thailand holds its first same-sex weddings, targets record ...

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    The definition of family - a father being a man and a mother a woman - remain in the Thai legal code. ... Same-sex marriage is just the first step," Adcharaporn said. (Reporting by Chayut ...

  8. Parent - Wikipedia

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    The Brazilian imperial family, 1857. A parent is either the progenitor of a child or, in humans, it can refer to a caregiver or legal guardian, generally called an adoptive parent or step-parent. The gametes of a parent result in a child, a male through the sperm, and a female through the ovum.

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