Steph strikes me as a supportive mom. You're a mutant? That's wonderful. You want to go out on a limb and make a living as a musician? Go for it. Chase your dreams and know Mom and Dad will be here for you no matter what.

If Irina met Kurt she might just stand in awe and admiration, given her father goes out of his way to hide his one unnatural looking trait and Kurt, who's got it so much worse, used to be a circus performer.