I just don't understand why my finance insist in always using the "Good guy/ friend" approach when it comes to disciplining SD9. There are times when she can be as sweet as pie and other times when she acts like Satan's spun, especially after coming from her mothers! But 75% of the time when it comes to her actions/relationship towards her father she can have a bad attitude, rude, unappreciative, bossy, talks back, never listens when she is told to do something and instead likes to question her father.(ooh!I hate that the most, just do it already and avoid getting in trouble!) I don't like to butt in because its none of my business at the end Its between them and their Father/daughter relationship. She knows better then to speak or act that why towards me because she knows I will nip it in the ass quick and I just don't play that. I keep telling him he lets her get away with it and lets it progress to long. Which is the reason why she thinks its okay to act the way she does towards him because he believes "Patience" is the key! (yeah, my ass) I hate it but I've tried my best to talk to him, to encourage him that its okay to send her to her room when she misbehaves or take away the TV/computer, to be Stern! But nothing, its still a working progress, He's afraid if he does such things that She'll Hate him and choose her mother over him. Which is mad! Because He's done everything for that little girl, He is all that she has to depend on(other then me of course.) I just hope for his sake it gets better because at this rate if he doesn't start demanding for some respect she'll be running all over him at 13/16 yr old, smoking pot, skipping school, have unprotected sex! GO Lord! I would hate to tell him I told you so... Because at the end he will be to blame for her behavior not me. She will be his headache not mine.