I got slap and I saw my friends get slapped for less than that growing up. Personally, I think the world would be a much better place if more of these little brats got slapped once in a while. Of course, I don't mean slapped around to the point be needing medical treatment....I mean just a smack across their fresh mouths. I'm begining to sound like my mom.

You did nothing wrong.

She was out of line.

HAPPY SLAPPING!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!!

One time my mom slapped me so hard for talking smack that my glasses flew across the room. Of course it was the 80's and I had those big plastic things and the frame broke. Well - she wouldn't fix them (we were too broke) so I went around with tape on them for about a month! I learned my lesson REAL WELL. I can laugh about it now! ha ha aha ahahahahahah

I would sooooooo love to haul off and slap one of the skids when they act that way, but an entire shit storm would break loose! You can bet your bet that my SD17 would go straight to her mother, school counselor, and CPS with stories of how I had beat her up. She would pull the whole drama queen thing and cry about it to her dad and her siblings; she play the whole abused child scene and flinch every time I raised my hand and cower whenever I entered a room.

OMG, I had to look to see if it was me who posted that. I haven't laid a hand on either 16 yr old SD but the mouths on them are more than one can stand. What I TOTALLY identified with was the description of how little they are expected to do and WHY they aren't able to do even that. I have asked their Dad to speak with them but he hates confrontation so he softsoaps it. "It would be nice if you could..." Nothing changes. I'd like to divide household chores and let them earn the privileges (like driving the car) they enjoy. He won't go along with it. It is NOT too much to expect them to pick up their own messes and also contribute to the household responsibilities. They actually said they weren't interested in helping mow the lawn if we were only going to pay them $4 an hour. So I did it for FREE! While they laid in their beds doing Facebook. They are here 50% of the time and the only chore they do is to swap out washing the pizza pans once a week. THAT'S IT! And they b*tch about having to do it. One chore 2 times a month!

When my SD was younger, and used to be satans spawn, since I felt like I couldn't slap her since shes not mine I used to keep a water bottle handy and instead spritzed her face (like one would do to train a cat to keep of countertops). It actually was successful. Now that she's a tween, when she starts acting like her mother, I simply remove her furniture from her room and toss a sleeping bag in there and let her think about how terrible things could be for her and that she should appreciate the people in her life who care enough to try to correct her and train her for whats to come in her future. At her mothers house, where she is full time except for summers, there are No rules. Her mother even lets her talk back to her and her mother purposely picks fights w her so she can argue w/ and 11yo.