The question has an easy answer, and that is simply no, there are the same responsibilities, disciplinary issues, same attention paid to the child. But it's complicated.
Most stepparents aren't around for all the childhood years, and in this there is a unique challenge in defining respect between the stepparent and stepchild, and what the boundaries should be in that relationship. While I feel I have a great relationship with my stepson, I also at times lean on his father to handle the situations that I am unsure of. I believe that this is probably normal for most stepparents, we are involved in the upbringing, but also detached. There simply seems to be things that the parent should handle, and in my case, 13 year-old boys listen to their fathers better than anyone else on certain subjects.
While this primary post doesn't have too many specifics, I hope it provides more detail of what is to come as this stepmom takes on her stepson's teenage years.
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