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	The Wicked Stepmother Myth, FLM-FS-4-01
		Stepmothers have the most difficult role in the stepfamily and research has shown that stepmothers have the most negative image of any family member.
		Stepmothers report these myths make it more difficult for them to be good stepparents and have caused them a lot of stress in adjusting to stepfamily life.
		The stepmother role should be based on what's comfortable for her, the children, and the family as a whole.
	ohioline.osu.edu /flm01/FS04.html (890 words)

	Wicked Stepmothers
		The stepmother may also be jealous of the time her husband spends with his children, as it distracts from the time they are allowed to spend together as a couple (Watson 74).
		She thinks it's important that the stepmother plays a role in the discipline process in her home or she will be considered an intruder, although the stepmother should not be the primary disciplinarian (Brown 117).
		As a result, the stepmother is left to disciplining and assigning household chores to her stepchildren.
	www.siskiyous.edu /class/engl12/stepmom.htm (3851 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 95.06.18
		If the story is accepted at face value, then the stepmother attempted to harm the stepson; but it is equally possible that the leeches came from another source entirely; the stepmother may have given the young man a posset to alleviate his symptoms, after which he chose to claim that she tried to harm him.
		As for the "amorous stepmother," while Athenian marriage practices made it likely that second wives were often close in age to the offspring of their husbands' first marriages, there simply is no evidence in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE for such intrafamilial romantic triangles.
		Finally, the demographic differences between ancient stepfamilies and modern ones (modern stepmothers are less likely to be quite so close in age to their stepchildren; ancient stepfathers were less likely to share a household with their stepchildren, etc.) make the cross-cultural comparison tenuous at best.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1995/95.06.18.html (1540 words)

	Tammy Howell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The sister opens up by accusing the stepmother – married to the sister’s father for only six months – of having begun an affair with him before his divorce from his wife, her mother, the critical evidence being a 2 a.m.
		It’s a police report, the stepmother explains to the oohs and aahs of the increasingly vocal studio audience, and she reads a portion of it: Tammy “has been engaged in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud behavior.
		It emerges that the father of her fetus is fl, and host Perez raises the question whether the stepmother’s tensions with Tammy may have something to do with race.
	academic.mu.edu /uglande/comm165/TalkShow.htm (414 words)

	The Wicked Stepmother--and Other Ridiculous Stepmother Myths \| Successful Stepfamilies
		Probing deeper into her beliefs about what a stepmother is and what one is not, we unearthed some powerful stepparenting perceptions that had been dominating her thinking...and dooming her to failure.
		In her fear of being perceived as the wicked stepmother, she wildly overreacted and made heroic efforts to be perfect.
		The expectations for stepmother run the gamut from taking over the biological mother’s roles exactly as she did them to being a person who happens to live at the same house as the father.
	www.successfulstepfamilies.com /view.php/id/98 (2386 words)

	STEPMOTHER: PART ONE
		Some fortunate stepmothers are able to have at least a working relationship with the children's biological mother, and there are many who actually are able to work closely with her.
		Discuss in advance the guidelines for the children's behavior, and don't expect the new stepmother to take on a major disciplinary role until she and the children are comfortable together.
		The stepmother may have to attempt to help the children deal with the loss of their biological mother, no matter whether it resulted from death or divorce.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/stepparents_retired/14493 (581 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rather, "stepmother" is usually paired with "wicked," and "evil," or replaced with awkward phrases like "Dad's new wife." The word itself is cumbersome, practically impossible to say with feelings of benevolence.
		Well, being a stepmother myself, secretly fantasizing that one day I'll read an interview with one of my stepdaughters in a popular, yet erudite magazine, in which she confides to the interviewer that one of her greatest role models was her stepmother, I couldn't resist looking into this issue further.
		I will also honor all the stepmothers out there who are trying to love, encourage, and bless with grace, the complicated, exasperating, and endearing people who are their stepchildren.
	www.wshu.org /essays/lewis/02.asp (722 words)

	Fictitious: Original: Articles: The Role of the Stepmother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		My stepmother did this often, and even had me hating my mother after a long period of telling me one lie after another about my mother and why she and my father split up.
		It is important for the stepmothers and the mothers to put this behind them while the children is around and involved.
		Oftentimes it is necessary for the stepmother to take a step back and put themselves in the child's shoe when they feel their stepchild lashing out verbally at them.
	home.comcast.net /~jesca/article_stepmom.htm (1110 words)

	Howell
		Whether the prohibition was violated here may be doubted; the stepmother appears to have obtained a copy of the report in accordance with the statute, and furthermore it is unclear whether disclosure by a private individual, as distinct from the government, is covered.
		The complaint is not that the stepmother called Tammy these names but that the fact of Tammy's having drawn the attention of the police to her conduct--having acquired as it were a "police record"--has been publicized.
		But she knew the contents of the segment and that it would be broadcast, and we conclude that the stepmother and derivatively the broadcaster were entitled to use private facts about the plaintiff to rebut her very public attack on the stepmother's own private character.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/communications/Howell.html (1816 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In concluding the chapter, Watson turns to the somewhat scantier evidence for stepfathers and step-siblings as comparanda for the stepmother role in myth.
		(137) Again, the historical evidence for the "amorous stepmother" is as scanty in Rome as it was in Athens; the relative prevalence of the theme in literature, however, may reflect the "perceived danger" in these common situations of remarriage.
		The last part of this chapter, in which Watson surveys the burial inscriptions for the inclusion or exclusion of step-relations in the family tomb, is one of the most interesting and important parts of the book.
	www.infomotions.com /serials/bmcr/bmcr-9506-abrahamsen-ancient.txt (1512 words)

	Len Tillem & Associates - Attorneys At law. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He borrowed my stepmother's car everyday, and while he was out did her grocery shopping for her.
		My stepmother kept records of the money she loaned Joel, and it looks to me like she was totally supporting him -- right down to paying for his hair cuts.
		However, the fact that your stepmother kept records of the money she lent him is good evidence that she loaned him the money and expected to get it back.
	www.sonic.net /~lmt/archives/elder_abuse/elaine.html (598 words)

	Jewish Post - News - Prof. Susan Shapiro Barash: A Guide for Human Relations Harmony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She has conducted hundreds of interviews with mothers, stepmothers and daughters of various ages and ethnic groups to find answers about the impact divorce and remarriage has had on their relationships with each other.
		To the contrary, I found that while it is complicated to be a stepmother to a stepdaughter and sometimes difficult for a mother to share her daughter with a stepmother, both women need to go slowly and take time to build the relationship.
		The stepmother might make a few attempts to connect with her stepdaughter before withdrawing or giving up, feeling she is in a lose/lose situation.
	www.jewishpost.com /jp0907/jpn0907g.htm (725 words)

	Rediff On The Net, Life/Style: A Ganesh Nadar on why he can never forgive his stepmother
		My father had found a girl for me. My stepmother refused to go to see the girl; she insisted that, later, I would blame her every time I differed with my wife.
		While I was running the mill, my stepmother came to meet me. She advised me to close the mill as I was operating at a loss.
		If my stepmother so decides, she can easily sell the fields that feed me. She could even turn me out of the house.
	www.indiaabroad.com /style/may/13nadar1.htm (1140 words)

	The Wicked Stepmother
		A stepmother, a woman who is competing with Snow White for the attentions of her father, is replacing her real mother, (Mother Nature) the Goddess symbol of Olde.
		She loathes the maiden, and everything her spirit represents The Wicked stepmother is the symbol of the violent censorship of the rising patriarchy.
		In most versions of this tale, the father is focused on the stepmother, and so taken in by her spell, that he ignores the purity and beauty, and perils of his own daughter.
	www.awakenedwoman.com /bell_wickedstepmother.htm (1674 words)

	Stepmother - short story - A Child's World Mothering - Find Articles
		This stepmother was trying very hard to get along with her son, but the boy would have nothing to do with her.
		The stepmother explained all the things she had done, how she had been trying for such a long time to win the boy's acceptance and love, yet still he rejected her.
		The stepmother explained how, patiently, day after day, she had won the confidence of the lioness.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0838/is_n63/ai_12024692 (933 words)

	Who Raises the Kids? - Stepparenting
		The stepmother is cautious not to be over-parenting with the children, allowing the father to handle any situations.
		I know of many, many cases where the family unit was smoothly one with the stepmother in the supportive background, right up until marriage.
		Even if, as in many cases, the husband assumes the stepmother will begin to take over more of the mothering tasks, be sure to move into it slowly.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art3237.asp (473 words)

	Trouble with Father and Stepmother
		My stepmother will do anything to make my brother and me look bad in his eyes and the thing about it is he dances to the beat of her drum.
		The week prior to Thanskgiving, whenever I called my stepmother would ask my father to ask me repeatedly, 'how many people is she bringing.' I could hear the annoyance in his voice but I thought it was because of her.
		I spoke with my father today and he said he and my stepmother want to talk with me about things that are on their minds about me. I told him the Lord is good because I prayed just this morning about a way to approach them about things that have been on my mind too.
	ibelieve.com /fb.aspx?m=1913668 (3169 words)

	The Magic Orange Tree, A tale from Haiti, Retold by Diane Wolkstein
		The moment the stepmother saw the gold oranges in the girl's arms, she seized them and began to eat them.
		The stepmother seized the girl's wrist and began to twist it.
		When it came to the height of the stepmother, she leapt on it and began to climb so quickly you might have thought she was the daughter of an ape.
	www.spiritoftrees.org /folktales/wolkstein/magic_orange_tree.html (847 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The stepmother becomes jealous of Maha, she sees that her daughter is clumsy and pale, while Maha is lovely and clever.
		After stepmother and stepsister leaves she goes to the red fish and he gives her a silken gown, a pearl comb, and a pair of golden sandals.
		The stepmother uses the oil on her daughter after hearing about how Maha turned out, but her daughter smells like rotting fish and her head is covered in blisters.
	t3.preservice.org /T0401746/sandalinfo.htm (521 words)

	Steps to stepmother success \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yet if a stepmother assumes a traditional parenting role with her stepchildren and tries to impose new rules, her good intentions may backfire.
		Some stepmothers have also discovered that, difficult though it may be, they need to also accept and honor their stepchildren's tight bond with their biological mothers.
		While stepmothers are opening up the communication lines, they should learn how the family operated before they entered it, advises Ziegahn.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0112/p13s02-lifp.html (1628 words)

	Mother's Day 2005
		The position of stepmother, in most cases, is the most complex job of all.
		The average stepmother is a woman in her late 30’s, who may or may not want a child of her own.
		In fact the lack thereof is often a cause for conflict between stepmother and her mate.
	www.stepfamily.org /mothers_day.html (1030 words)

	studio
		In stepmother game, they thought about a situation that a stepmother always tortures her husbandЎЇs child secretly.
		Whenever a stepmother abuses the child, she feels a sort of gratification that she gets affection from her husband.
		If her husband notices that the child was harassed by her, the husband would probably drive her out of his home or force her not to tease the child.
	a.parsons.edu /~jyjung/onion/se/studio.html (136 words)

	Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The stepmother didn't like Yeh-Shen for she was more beautiful and kinder than her own daughter so she treated her poorly.
		The daughter and stepmother moved closer to her for they seemed to recognize this beautiful person.
		However, the stepmother and daughter were never allowed to visit Yeh-Shen and were forced to continue to live in their cave until the day they were crushed to death in a shower of flying stones.
	houck.salkeiz.k12.or.us /student.assignments/china.fables/cinderellastories.htm (1928 words)

	Examination #3, Short Answer #3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bettelheim identifies the wicked stepmother as a psychological device that enables children to split their conflicting feelings about their real mothers, directing loving feelings toward a fairy godmother and hostile feelings toward a wicked stepmother.
		Warner identifies the wicked stepmother as representative of a historical character, the mother-in-law who may tyrannize her son's wife while she can, but who may also harbor justified fears of being victimized herself by her daughter-in-law once she becomes a dependent widow.
		Gilbert and Gubar identify the stepmother as an inevitable stage in a woman's development, arguing that Snow White and her stepmother are both trapped by patriarchal restrictions, so that in time Snow White will come to repeat the stepmother's behavior.
	clover.slavic.pitt.edu /~tales/02-2/exam3_sa3.html (316 words)

	Stepmothers: Part 3
		One reason for this, she says, is the lack of positive presentations of stepmothers in stories and films (with the exception of the recent "Stepmom" movie).
		All stepmothers in fairy tales are negative types; in addition, the women in the stories mistreat their stepchildren.
		They discovered that stepmothers reported having less fun with the children than biological mothers did, but they were no more likely to punish the children.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/stepparents_retired/45169 (524 words)

	SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Tales Similar To Cinderella
		Their mother, the she goat, heard their complainings, and noticed that they were getting thin, and therefore called one of them to her secretly, and bade the child tell the others to strike her horns with a stick whenever they were very hungry, and some food would fall down for them.
		They did so, and instead of getting weaker and thinner, as their stepmother had expected, they became stronger and stronger.
		Its body was cut into pieces and cooked, and the stepmother had the meat, but the stepchildren got the bones.
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /cinderella/stories/wickstep.html (778 words)

	father estate over brother and stepmother - Legal Help
		The farm consist of 118 acres with the house in the middle, the farm is worth $100,000.
		From what you describe, once the title issues are resolved, your stepmother would have a life estate in the property, and your brother has a reversionary interest.
		Your mother would ordinarily be able to sell her life estate or rent the farm to somebody else during her lifetime, but she cannot sell the farm due ot the reversionary interest.
	www.expertlaw.com /forums/about304.html&highlight= (373 words)

	The Wicked Stepmother (Kashmir)
		Their mother, the she goat, heard their complainings, and noticed that they were getting thin, and therefore called one of them to her secretly, and bade the child tell the others to strike her horns with a stick whenever they were very hungry, and some food would fall down for them.
		Its body was cut into pieces and cooked, and the stepmother had the meat, but the stepchildren got the bones.
		These "persecuted heroine" stories bear a strong resemblence to the Cinderella tales, but here it is the father, not a stepmother or stepsister, who is the source of the heroine's grief.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/knowles127.html (849 words)

	Enlightened Stepmom
		Stepmothers will read with gratitude and relief that our happiness is essential and that expressing our needs and setting personal boundaries is our right as well as our responsibility.
		Stepmothers are not the wicked queens of fairy tales.
		With the goal of preparing stepmothers for the complexities of the life they are entering, The Enlightened Stepmother begins with a quick primer listing the 12 essential gems of wisdom, as identified by the authors’ personal experiences and their conversations with almost two hundred stepmothers.
	www.stepfamily.net /enlightened.htm (485 words)

	A new Cinderella film! - www.ezboard.com
		Ella wants to go back to school, but since the stepmother and sisters use so much money on fancy things, there is no money to send her back.
		Cinderella being a direct line descendant would have greater right to real property than her stepmother, who at most would be given a life estate.
		I had the stepmother and stepsisters coming from far away and taking residence in Ella's home to take care of her dying mother(she has cancer).
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2004/dec2004/newcindyfilm.html (859 words)

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