The Intruder in the Hallway: A Study of Blended Family Boundaries
The Lesson Learned
The Consequences
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This paper posits that such framing is not accidental but a strategic deployment of stepfamily taboos. Drawing on stepfamily research (e.g., Ganong & Coleman, 2017) and media studies (Kitzinger, 2004), we explore how these videos reinforce negative stereotypes of stepchildren, particularly adolescent males, as boundary-violating intruders. Ganong & Coleman