Oh my goodness, I would be very angry if one of my kids said that to me. I would stop washing all of her clothes, and every meal I would set a dirty dish in front of her and say "If you feel like eating, then you need to pull your weight." She's 15... that is horrible! If she says anything say, "It's not my job." You do not deserve to be treated like a slave. I'm serious. When I was 5 years old I was already helping with the laundry, vacuuming the floors! If my 6 year old spouts that attitude his DS, t.v., and computer privilages are all taken plus time out as well.

I tell you I can be the worlds biggest door mat, but when it comes to my kids they do not mouth off to me without consequences. No way.

Moremie, I know you're in a hard time now, but I swear that if you start standing up for yourself you will start to feel power. I never stood up for myself and I felt dead. The minute I turned my pain into fuel and put my foot down was the minute I started taking back my life.