Your step child is here to stay, treat her right

Last week I came across a rather peculiar obituary in the papers. What was peculiar about the funeral announcement was how it classified the children sired by the departed. I cannot claim to know the family intimately but I can hazard a guess that the children born within the hallowed grounds of marriage were placed in Tier 1 while those born outside these grounds were classified as belonging to the 'others' Tier.

This ‘others’ classification points to what must have been arrived at as an acceptable middle ground in dealing with stepchildren - who are also commonly referred to as outgrowers.