So yet another incident of SD7 not bothering to listen to anything I say, but this time it was topped off with leaving the house without telling me and leaving my 5-month-old alone by a wide open door in the living room. I was gone 2 minutes putting the stroller back in the car, and when I got in the house SD was gone, the front door was wide open, and my daughter was sitting in her seat right by the door! I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that SD can't be bothered to listen to me or be any sort of decent person to me, but darned if she will put my baby in any sort of danger.

And do you think DH punishes her in any way? Of course not. Well she's grounded for the rest of the weekend because I'm tired of DH thinking talking will fix everything SD does. She's been lying to us for weeks, she's doing bad in school, she could care less about anything I have to say, and all DH does is talk to her about what she should and should not do. There are never any consequences. And of course DH is at work today so I took it upon myself to show SD that I'm tired of her getting away with bad behavior.