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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The party is at my sister-in-law's house.

She's also miserable because she ends up babysitting a bunch of younger kids. Our other niece who is a teenager will not be there. We see them often so it's not like a rare occasion or anything. [/quote]

She’s 16

Your husband wants to look good by offering his daughter as free labor and pretending that he’s raised such a family oriented kid that this is no big deal.

She does all the work and he gets all the credit.

It’s past time you stand up for your kid. If he makes her go, tell her to not do anything extra. She’s a guest. She’s not a babysitter. And she especially shouldn’t be doing more work than your husband. Tell her to take a page out of every lazy dad’s playbook and “go to the bathroom” whenever there’s a demand for kid wrangling. Stay there for at least 30 minutes (or if there’s only one bathroom just stand outside the door and take her time coming back.) Also give her permission to take a “call” from you if she feels stuck, so she has an excuse to step outside and use the phone in private. [/quote]

This reaction is pretty over the top. If she has 10 cousins and is asked to help out at parties every other weekend, then maybe this is warranted. But if this is a once or twice a year type thing, she should go if she's otherwise not busy with an activity or homework.  It's good to make time for family events - for her as well as the rest of the family.[/quote]

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