Anonymous wrote:No, she's not a step child, why? She loves the kids and they love her! The kids are her half brothers and sisters though as they do not have the same dad and I am a single mom.
I just need support sometimes and I do not appreciate the attitude DD gives me sometimes about her responsibilities in this household.
Case and point, the other day DD wanted to go to the mall with a friend. I told her yes but she had to take the 2 DCs with her (2mos and 19 mos). She pitched a fit yelling at me about how she's "entitled" to free time without the kids. I told her she was being disrespectful and I wouldn't stand for it. She actually said "entitled"! Long story short, she ended up taking the kids with her and having a nice day with them at the mall. Like I have stated before, she is being a self centered brat, but I guess that is to be expected from a teenager.
I am just going to say it -- OP you should not have had so many children if you cannot manage to care for them without forcing your eldest child to be a co-parent.
Yes she is entitled to time alone from the kids -- THEY ARE NOT HER KIDS. She did not choose to have them. They are YOUR responsibility.
You are so unfair to your 17 DD, I simply cannot believe it. You are abusing your mother-daughter relationship.
You can likely kiss that help from her goodbye the day she turns 18 I am betting!