stepparenting

English

Etymology

From stepparent +‎ -ing, modelled on parenting.

Noun

stepparenting (uncountable)

1. The role of a stepparent.
   • 2007 September 16, Maria Dahvana Headley, “How I Turned Into a Stepmonster”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     I had no concept of the secret truth of stepparenting: that you must win their hearts again and again, every morning, every night, for at least the first five years.