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My daughter (16) stayed out hours past her curfew during dad’s parenting time (we have 50u002F50). My daughter is the typical rebellious teenager. She gives all of us trouble to be honest. Was what she did wrong? YES, did it warrant the following reaction? NO! When she got back to her Dads house at 2am dad and stepmom were awake and angry. Stepmom started yelling at my daughter and gave her a hard slap across the face, so of course my daughter slapped her right back! Her father got so angry with her that he called me and started to tell me what happened asking if I could scream at my daughter as well. And again, while I do think she was absolutely wrong and deserves punishment, stepmom should’ve kept her hands to herself. I don’t believe in corporal punishment. I told her dad that stepmom should apologize before we talk about anything else because who slaps a child? My question is, I don’t want my daughter and her father to have a bad relationship. But I won’t defend abusive behavior (adult or not). My daughter is terrified of stepmother now and refusing to go to dads. How do I repair things because stepmom is refusing to apologize.