[cheryl000]

Originally Posted by Annabelles_mom

Ok, my stepdaughter (see avatar) is staying with us this summer. She is an only child and very spoiled.

She doesn't usually mind me, and I get aggravated. Well, today, just now, she picked her nose and showed it to me (she did this yesterday). We just got on her for that and for burping out loud, and how it wasn't appropriate for a little girl. Well, when she showed me what she found in her nose (she is 7.5 years old), I told her that was disgusting and not to do that, and I went outside to tell her dad.
When I came back in, she asked "what did he say?" Then she said in a smart aleck way, "I bet dad is sick of you tattle tailing on me!" Oh, GOD, I couldn't believe she said that to me!

I, being raised in Catholic schools, and had the fear of God put in my by the nuns, RARELY ever disobeyed my parents (being that it was a 10 Commandment and everything). Now, dealing with her, I am just dumbstruck. What should I do? I am miserable in my own house having her here.

Help me!!

I think that your husband needs to allow you to disipline her. He needs to do it as well. It would be good for you to become more of an authority figure. You should be able to take away or give her some things. You need to seriously sit down and have a talk with your husband that you're not happy in your own home. Ask him if this is the way things are going to be when you have your own children. It's time to set some rules and boundries. He wouldn't like it if a child disrespected him and the parent let the child get away with it.