’Stepmom’ is (Not) a Dirty Word

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What comes to mind when you think of a “dirty word”? I’m sure quite a few words pop in your head…hopefully the word ‘stepmom’ isn’t one of them! But in our culture, sadly, the word ‘stepmom’ can be offensive or unbecoming to some people. Maybe it’s the media, which has portrayed stepmothers in a negative light in movies and stories. Or perhaps a handful of stepmoms have been featured on the news for not-so-great behavior.

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