The Mom: Big C, YOU are the eldest sister. One day, hopefully a long, LONG time from now, daddy and I will be gone. The relationships you build today with your younger sisters will pay huge emotional returns to you in the future, pretty much forever. BUT. If you continue to treat them the way you do, what happens in 20 years when, say your kids want to go ride horses at their “Auntie M’s” house?

The 14 y.o.: Well, assuming she doesn’t have a restraining order against me… I’ll have the nanny drop them off.