For the first time, Jo visits a family in Papillion, Nebraska with deaf parents named Dorothy (44) & Kip Baulisch (44) who have four daughters: 18-year-old Melissa (Dorothy's daughter and Kip's stepdaughter for 9 years), 8-year-old Jessica, 7-year-old Jennifer and 5-year-old Kristin, who are all hearing. Their three youngest daughters constantly fight with each other, disrespect their parents and take advantage of their parents' disability to do whatever they want. They've gotten so out of control, the parents have basically given up on discipline.

While Jessica does know some ASL, it's not fluent enough to communicate with her parents. However, Jennifer and Kristin don't know ASL. As a result, Dorothy and Kip have given up on trying to teach them. Which leaves communication in the house to be next to impossible with the kids unable to understand what Kip & Dorothy are saying & vice versa. And bedtime is a nightmare. With bedtime starting at 9 o'clock, bedtime is incredibly late for the girls. To make matters worse, Jessica, Jennifer, & Kristin don't go to bed or stay in their own rooms & drive their parents crazy to the brink of exhaustion at night.

Meanwhile, thanks to a lack of communication between the youngest children and the parents, the parents force eldest daughter Melissa (who is fluent in ASL) to interpret for the girls & act like a hearing parent. However, the pressure & responsibility is too much for her, feels that her parents (especially her stepdad Kip) rely on her too much, and thinks they should take responsibility instead of her. This has lead to a very strained relationship with Kip because he constantly treats Melissa like a backup parent instead of his daughter. When Jo suggests that Melissa should talk to her parents, she gets so upset during the conversation, she storms out of the house. Can Jo help this family finally understand each other? And can Melissa finally be treated as the daughter and not the mother?

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