SS is starting to make noise about not liking it at Donkeykong’s. He confided in me the other day that the problem stems from his half-sister (Donkeykong and SM’s bio). She is 2 and she has picked up this nasty habit of screaming all the time. Not crying. Screaming. According to SS, she follows him around while he is there and she screams.

“What is it that she is screaming?” I ask.

“Either she screams my name or is yelling at me to stop.” SS replies.

“Stop what?”

“I dunno!”

I can just picture it in my head. Big tall SS with new Mohawk doo, trying to go about his business with a little mini-Donkeykong following him around screaming at him like a banshee. The more I think about it, the more surreal SS’s life at his father’s becomes; like a cross between “The Simpsons” and “The Grudge”.

The more SS’s half-sister screams, the more agitated SS gets and he ends up snapping. Donkeykong and SM, end up snapping at SS in turn telling him that he should be more tolerant of his half-sister and that she just wants his attention.

“SS.” I said. “I know how annoying little brothers and little sisters can get. Trust me, I am a big brother myself. But you cannot let your frustration get the better of you. If she annoys you that much, tell your Dad and your SM to discipline her. They are her parents and that is their job.”

“But I do tell them that!” SS says. “They don’t do anything or it just makes it worse.”

“What do you mean, ‘it just makes it worse’.?”

“My Dad and my SM says I am the one with the attitude problem.”

“Hmmm….SS? Maybe it is time for you to disengage…?”