Your stepson is a boy or man who is the son of your husband or wife, born before you married them. He is not your own child by birth, and you may or may not have adopted him — the word says nothing about the paperwork, only about how he arrived in your family.

Your stepson你的stepson is a boy or man who is the son of your husband or wife是你先生或太太的兒子, born before you married them.，是你們結婚之前就已經出生的。 He is not your own child by birth他不是你親生的孩子, and you may or may not have adopted him，你可能收養了他，也可能沒有 — the word says nothing about the paperwork, only about how he arrived in your family.——這個字跟法律文件無關，只是在講他是怎麼進到你家庭裡的。

Notice the direction this word points: you look down at him. He calls you his stepfather or stepmother; you call him your stepson.

Notice the direction this word points注意這個字指的方向 : you look down at him.：是你在看他這一輩。 He calls you his stepfather or stepmother他叫你stepfather或stepmother; you call him your stepson.；你則叫他你的stepson。

Many people avoid the word in front of the child, because it can sound like you are holding him at arm's length — they just say 'my son'. Where you do hear it is when someone needs to be exact: filling in a form, explaining a family to a stranger, or in the news ('the victim's stepson').

Many people avoid the word in front of the child很多人在孩子面前會避開這個字, because it can sound like you are holding him at arm's length，因為聽起來像是在跟他保持距離 — they just say 'my son'.——他們就直接說'my son'。 Where you do hear it is when someone needs to be exact會聽到這個字的場合，是需要講得精確的時候 : filling in a form, explaining a family to a stranger, or in the news ('the victim's stepson').：填表格、跟陌生人解釋家庭關係，或是新聞裡'the victim's stepson'受害者的繼子。

It is a plain, neutral word in itself, neither warm nor cold; the warmth comes from the person saying it. Written as one word, and the female match is stepdaughter.

It is a plain, neutral word in itself這個字本身是很平實、中性的, neither warm nor cold，不冷不熱; the warmth comes from the person saying it.；溫不溫暖是看說話的人。 Written as one word寫成一個字, and the female match is stepdaughter.，對應的女生說法是stepdaughter。