As I posted yesterday, SD17 lost her door privileges when she locked her bedroom door prior to going to school. This is a violation of a major house rule, and SD has been warned about this before, so I took the door off of the hinges. As expected, SD PISSED was when she discovered this.

SD called DW upstairs and asked for “her” door back (I listened to this from the bottom of the stairs). DW explained that she was being punished for violating a very serious house rule. SD then stated that it was “HER room, so it was HER door.” To her credit, DW stood her ground and reiterated that SD is a teenager, and does not have the right to lock her door so long as she is living with us. SD then stated that she locked her door in retaliation for my decision to put a locking door on my office. She was mad because “HE went and put a lock on OUR” office door.

Listening to the entitlement attitude coming from SD17 was pretty amusing. Comments about “her” room, “her” door, and “our” office really showed how big her head is. It was particularly amusing that she was upset about the office, since she hardly ever used it anyway. She was just upset that something she MIGHT use SOMEDAY was taken away from her. DW came back downstairs, and I thought that was it. But, of course, I was wrong…

SD17 then came stomping downstairs, and went out into the garage and started clanking around. DW asked her what she was doing, and SD said that the real reason she locked her door was to prevent me from messing with “her” stuff while I was cleaning her room. SD17 said that she was going to go all around the house and gather up all of “her” stuff. Again, this was pretty amusing, because our garage is almost empty. This didn’t stop SD from rifling through stuff for half an hour, though. I thought that DW should have made her come in, but I didn’t want to push the issue since DW was actually supporting my decision to remove the door.

SD17 finally comes in, wearing a “camouflage” hunting cap, and carrying a baseball bat that she hasn’t touched in at least 4 years. DW then tells SD to put the bat up, since we keep sporting equipment in the garage, but SD vigorously argues her “right” to keep the bat in her bedroom. This goes on for a while, until SD comes up with the idea that she needs the bat in her room to fend off “robbers” “someday.” SD knows that DW is very paranoid about break-ins, and was able to exploit this weakness to get DW to cave in. On her way upstairs, SD makes sure that I saw her smacking the bat against her palm.

I went to the master bedroom with DW, and told her that I did not think that SD should have a weapon in the house. DW would not budge on this point, because SD had stirred up DW’s fears about a break-in. I didn’t push this, as I didn’t want to lose support over the door issue. We then discovered that while SD was in the garage, she went all through the car, and even popped the hood for some reason. After this, we had the topper of the evening: SD went into the backyard to look for “her” stuff, and somehow managed to lock herself out of the house. Smooth move!

In final analysis, I was happy that DW supported me on the door issue, but I am a little concerned about SD having a bat in her room. DW and I agreed to put the door back after 48 hours, with the understanding that a subsequent violation gets SD17 a full week without the door.