I have a 14 yr old SD. The teen years have been rough to say the least. Her mom is a Disney land parent, no discipline can do whatever she wants. Her dad has talked to her mom about her following our house rules. Her mom disagrees and continues to participate in helping my SD break any rules we make. I usually dont say much, I do not discipline her that is up to her Dad. Recently I just had it. I noticed she had a trashy thong sticking out of her jeans (our rule NO thongs to school or at our house in general) I asked her why cant she just follow a simple rule?

So, I'm engaged wedding in a couple of weeks. Love and adore my stepdaughter who is 11, her mom is driving me so bonkers I'm ready to walk away. I'm self employed now, and apparently have all the free time in the world now according to her. Yes. It's a blessing to be flexible, but holy wow. My stepdaughter and I enjoy riding  horses. I have my own horse, and am in the process of getting sd a replacement for her horse we had to out down. The barn we board at is a 20 minute drive north for us. Its summer now and sd will naturally want to go to barn on weekdays with me.