@nevergiveup My mother's second husband was a scrict disciplinarian who used me as a punching bag on occasion, so I can say without a doubt a new spouse is a replacement partner, not a replacement parent. This is where the majority of the comflicts are concerned, the replacement partners assume they have the right to disipline the children, to take over as a new parent, or worse yet, the parent giving the new spouse authority over their children, my mother let her second husband discipline me right off the bat as soon as she introduced my older brothers and me to him. The only good step parent is one that lets the biological parent take care of any issues with their children, not be passed off as was the case of my mother with her second husband.

@Panamared You still made the implication.

@NativePortlander1970 sorry you misread