Rachael, I've been wanting to comment ever since I saw poor Leah being eaten alive by that precious child(who so desperately needs a STRONG Mama)! Well, Miss Jo can certainly do the job...watch her show...know it works b/c I've done it & very successfully! Only I was a single Mama who had to have our home life under control in order to survive. I had to sleep at night in order to be able to get to work next day. Had no mother to help me...no Child Support $$ coming in...absent father. I read an excellent book by Dr.Richard Ferber,"Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems"...also by Dr.James Dobson,"The New Dare to Discipline". Both are wonderful aids in raising a happy, healthy, well-adjusted child (& Mama stays sane, too). PLEASE, LEAH...let Miss Jo & these books/authors give you the help/boost you so richly deserve/need. God bless & good luck!
Sincerely, Patti Thomason, Greer SC...p.s. My "baby" is now a 24-yr-old woman who I am so proud of & even as a teen I never had any discipline/attitude problems! My BEST BIT OF ADVICE?...live a life in front of her that you want her to emulate. Let her see you doing right, being a good generous person, take her to church, spend real time with her, but don't have her believe she's the center of the universe!