 (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My partner, "Mark," and I are trying to come up with reasonable expectations for when his 16-year-old daughter "Emma" moves in with us. She currently lives at her mom's place. Her mom had another baby — that makes 2 in 3 years — and Emma asked to come live with us since her mom's place is a little chaotic. They live within walking distance so she's used to popping in whenever she wants to visit. We said yes. The problem is, Emma has never had to do any chores, while my 14-year-old, "Kate," is responsible for her laundry, her bathroom, and pitching in with yard work. Mark doesn't want to overwhelm Emma with a chore list as soon as she moves in since Emma has never even washed a dish. But I'm reluctant to have Emma doing nothing but schoolwork and playing on her phone while Kate does everything. I don't want to set my daughter up for some kind of Cinderella dynamic. Can you see a compromise here? The girls get along very well. — Anonymous | 
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