This. Many parents cannot successfully manage their teens. Those teens put up enough resistance to that. I can only imagine the amount of resistance my step siblings would've put up if my mom tried to manage them and how much I'd have put up if my stepdad tried to manage me. You need to be an adult authority figure in your home, absolutely. But your dh needs to parent his kid.
That's pretty vague - but the
That's pretty vague - but the overall truth is you cannot manage a 16 year old SD.
Her father needs to do that.
This. Many parents cannot
This. Many parents cannot successfully manage their teens. Those teens put up enough resistance to that. I can only imagine the amount of resistance my step siblings would've put up if my mom tried to manage them and how much I'd have put up if my stepdad tried to manage me. You need to be an adult authority figure in your home, absolutely. But your dh needs to parent his kid.
Forget trying to manage your
Forget trying to manage your SD, its more like managing your time when SD is around.