A short play entitled - Life at 6 pm. Everyday. <Open Curtain> "Please come to the dinner table - dinner's ready" ... Daughter... clearly heard me - isn't acknowledging it at all... Siena! Come to the dinner table. ... Not even a glance in my direction... continues playing.... Honestly - it's impressive that she can pull this off all the time... Siena! Dinner's ready!!!! (muttering under breath now like a crazy person... "I know she can hear me... but does she answer? Nooooooo.... we need to stack stuffed toys on top of our sister now apparently.... mutter mutter....) and.... <scene> So - this is a regular trope around my house - especially the crazy person part. I'm going to give you my current method of breaking this cycle - which came from a different point - made in a different context. "Children have a desire to control their world - so you will find yourself at wits end while they demand to put their sho...