My ss6 lives with us full time. He sees his Mom for 4 weeks in the summer and for a week at Christmas and a week in the spring. As you can see, I do the 'mothering'. My husband is helpful in disciplining, but I seem to be "the boss" most of the time. I haven't minded this role until lately. My ss6 has REALLY been getting on my nerves lately. I have noted other people on here saying that 6 can be a very 'annoying' age - I AGREE.