bonus parent
nounEtymology From bonus and parent.
1
A person who serves in a parental role to a child who has a different biological parent, with or without formally marrying the child’s other parent or going through the formal process of adoption.
- Later when my parents remarried we saw that both Mum and Rob had the opportunity for second-chance happiness. And we had a bonus parent in stepfather Ross.1992, Penelope Hansen, My Father and Me: New Zealand Women Remember, Tandem Press, →ISBN, page 233:
- Eventually, some stepparents will take on a great deal of status with their stepchildren, moving into a bonus parent role.2004, The Complete Parenting Book: Practical Help from Leading Experts, Revell, →ISBN, page 439: