id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3490 Mother - Wikipedia .html text/html 5328 888 60 Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. Women who meet the third and first categories usually fall under the terms 'birth mother' or 'biological mother', regardless of whether the individual in question goes on to parent their child. A stepmother is a female who is married to a child's father and they may form a family unit, but who generally does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of a parent in relation to the child. Mother can often apply to a woman other than the biological parent, especially if she fulfills the main social role in raising the child. There are many examples of religious law relating to mothers and women. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3490.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3490.txt