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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The consequence for the first mouthing off is that she will have to cook her own meals for a day, you should not cook for her the next day after such a comment.

The consequence for the second mouthing off is that you will not wash any of her clothes for a week.  She can wear dirty clothes or wash them herself.

She's got that huge chip of entitlement on her shoulder because your consequences don't matter to her.  But having to cook or clean for herself might instill some humility in her if she wants to have those things done for her.[/quote]

I remember very clearly mouthing off at my mom at age 12 (and she was a WOHM too) about the fact that she made one of my shirts pink (she accidentally left a red item in with the whites), and saying something like "I CANNOT believe that someone 40 years old cannot do a load of laundry properly".  That was it. My mom looked me squarely in the eye and said 'Then you can do it, since you never make a mistake anyway'. And she never did my laundry again; or at least not until I was post partum and needed help and this time I was VERY VERY GRATEFUL.

Btw, my 5 year old is almost self sufficient in doing her laundry, so I highly suggest you have your teen do hers.  [/quote]

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