Yesterday, I posted about threatening to cancel my daughter's trip if she misbehaved. My husband sai…

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Yesterday, I posted about threatening to cancel my daughter's trip if she misbehaved. My husband said enough was enough with her disrespecting everyone and her parents, and he canceled the trip. Some commenters said that a stepfather shouldn't discipline a daughter and that I should handle it myself. But why? We've been together for 10 years, and he's been raising her since she was three. We are a family. We go through everything together – doctor's appointments, hospital visits, shopping, treats, cuddles, changing and even washing her dirty pants. Cooking, shopping, walks with her. Does this mean he can do all the good stuff but can't scold or discipline her? She walks around the house, swears, throws trash everywhere, doesn't wash dishes, and is rude and disrespectful, even to him. Should my husband just pretend he doesn't see or hear her, like she's a piece of furniture with no right to an opinion? I don't understand this. In our family, we both raise our children; they are all ours, and we treat them the same. Comments like that struck me as odd. I'm curious to hear your thoughts!
So, her husband punished her: took away her phone and canceled the trip. She cried for an hour. She…
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Yuliya
You're saying everything right
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Vladislav
He's like a father already, so I think he can.
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Olcha
That's a weird way of thinking, isn't it? Like, you can take all the good stuff from him, but you can't scold him? That's just nonsense. He has his own authority in his house, and he absolutely has the right to scold and discipline.
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Dergunova Lesya
I support your point of view. Our oldest daughter has also been with her stepfather since she was 2. He raised her, cared for her, and provided for her. In fact, he fulfilled the role of a father and was and is that father. I don't understand the position: let him give, provide, do everything, but not make decisions or raise her. We are a family.
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Nadezhda Zuevich
I feel the same way you do.
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yankovskaya yuliya
He's potty-trained, so it's understandable that it's Dad. And all dads have rights, including the right to impose sanctions.
This is a bit off-topic, but you've nicely shown the answer to my long-standing question: how do children in normal couples with healthy relationships have such difficult transitions, to the point of needing a psychiatrist? Apparently, it's early childhood trauma (up to the first year of life and the perinatal period) that's most likely the root of teenagers' serious problems. Interesting theory.
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Liana
I totally agree with you
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kushner ekaterina
They have a good relationship when she needs it 😄
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sadykova nastya
It really is strange. You raise them, dress them, shoe them, treat them, but don't dare punish them.
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Marina
He has the right. Mine also disciplines and punishes. It works better than I do
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