I can't bitch about the SD's much anywhere else, nobody wants to hear ALL of it.. so damnit, this site will see it all. It's going to take awhile. There is alot. I've been lurking on here for a while now. I have two stepdaughters. Currently my SD7 will be attending summer school and still will not be advancing to 2nd grade next year. She has been tardy 20 times this year, dismissed early 10 times and flat out absent 15.  I swear her mother has Muchausen By-proxy Syndrome. YES. SD has bad eyes, YES it's genetic and there is a very real danger that if she doesn't sit out of rough sports that a hard blow to the head could make her retina detach. And we should watch out for that! Absolutely, but mom has her in a bubble. DH requests her medical records once a year to see what BM hasn't told him. She saw her pedi 17 times last year