My husband never sticks to punishments he gives to my step children who continuously lie, skip school, fail classes and are just disrespectful. I know he has the divorded dad guilt, but I keep telling him you cannot reward bad behavior and not follow through with punishments. I have been with my husband since my step kids were 4 and 7...they are now 14 and almost 17. They have two completely different sets of rules between our home and their BM's. We believe in boundries and getting a good education and that you don't get to just do whatever - whenever.