| She continued to exhibit difficult behavior in the school yard and the school recommended that her step-father take her to the hospital. |
| My Dad's parents were actually his mother and step-father, and so my Nan had a different surname to me. |
| My step-father became my father-figure, shaping my perceptions of the world. |
| My step-father, on the other hand, is the paragon of a father figure and someone I can look up to as a role model. |
| The child was therefore an infant when his mother married, and only knew his step-father for a period of 7 months. |
| One participant reported having contacted the police five times as an adolescent to report abuse by a step-father. |
