Today is BD's 3rd birthday, but we celebrated yesterday.

We always have parties at my parent's house because it's so much larger than our house. My mom has been on prednisone for weeks due to some weird lung inflammation so her immunity is low and can't be around anyone that's sick. This is the first time she's had anyone over in 2-3 months due to this.

All weekend long SD6 claimed to have a sore throat and a cough. This kid is constantly saying she's sick and it's obviously for attention. Her parent's buy into it and she's been on antibiotics several times already this cold and flu season.

So when it came time for the party and SD was told she was going to be dropped off because she can't around my mom while she's sick she made a miraculous recovery. FDH and I made a pretty big deal over this. Either she's been lying about being sick all weekend or she's lying about feeling better. FDH was pissed and lectured her about how hurt his feelings are that he can't believe his own daughter and doesn't know what the truth is either way.

It's been obvious to me for quite sometime that she does this. This isn't inclusive to a whole list of bad behaviors from lying about numerous things to stealing to just plain not listening. She thinks I'm mean, her babysitter is mean, and all the kids at school. At what point do you think even a parent with their whole head and neck in the sand will realize their kids bad behaviors as indicative of something deeper?

Not to mention the whole time BD was opening her.gifts SD was trying to take over and trying to run off with things she wanted for herself... in front of a dozen people.

She's the type of child that just takes what she wants. No remorse or fear of consequences. After the lecture about stealing a couple of weeks ago, she still hasn't brought back the things she stole.