"I have done this with her and it works but the scary part is she just keeps going and going and going like THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. and I get tired of it , I have 5 kids of my own and she "acts up " more than they do"
"Mom, I love you, but I can only handle so much, to be specific, five signs of judgment or disrespect a day. And, I get to count them. We don't argue about whether I am right or not. I am the umpire in my own life. And, just FYI, you've already done two today, that leaves you three."