His manic depressive mother brought in several stepfathers, who were abusive. Its US Library of Congress Subject Headings are remarriage, stepfathers, and horror stories. This is common in stepfathers (males married to biological mothers). His father and stepfathers don't have time to look after their own children. Shepard's mother has been married four times; Shepard said he's had three stepfathers. He is in the longform improvisation team The Stepfathers. One of Durant's stepfathers owned a cattle ranch near Elko in northeastern Nevada. Stepfathers have been shown to abuse female stepchildren more than males.