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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t like her, OP. We get it. [/quote]

It may not be about not liking her but the child doesn't live there and is a visitor.  Child is there to spend time with Dad, not babysit and depending on her mother, OP may get an earful.  I didn't let my husband's kids babysit.  They are there to spend time with Dad, not be our child care.  Same for friends teenage kids who visit now.  Those kids offer but they are there to spend time with all of us, not be babysitters.[/quote]

It's her brother. Siblings are expected to babysit once in awhile and it's good for them to bond 1 on 1. It wasn't even the whole day. Part of the problem is that OP is treating the step DD as if she is a guest/stranger and not family - and I get your point about the DD being a visitor, but it's still her brother and her dad. OP really changed her tone after her initial post - this is about her not liking the step DD and her own control issues with how she wants "HER" family to operate.

Would she flip out if it was her own daughter babysitting her younger brother? Or is it that much different because the hypothetical bio DD would live there?

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