Dear Stepparents: An Open Letter

I have always struggled with the definition of a stepparent. What does it truly mean to be someone’s stepparent! I did what all smart people do…I googled the definition of a stepparent and this is what I found. It’s pretty simple really, a stepparent is a spouse of someone’s parent. It is a person who steps in, at whatever capacity and joins in the task of forming a person.

Now that we have defined it, what is the role of a stepparent? What are you meant to do for a child that belongs to the person you love and someone else? Do you parent them? Do you love them? Do you…