For the first time, Jo helps a deaf couple, Dorothy & Kip Baulisch from Nebraska who have four daughters: 18-year-old Melissa, 8-year-old Jessica, 7-year-old Jennifer, and 5-year-old Kristin [who are all hearing] with their three youngest daughters. Jessica, Jennifer, and Kristin take full advantage of their parents' disability and do whatever they want. They've gotten so out of control, the parents have basically given up. The youngest girls don't know American Sign Language, so communication with their parents is difficult and bedtime is a nightmare because Jessica, Jennifer, and Kristin don't go to bed or stay in their own rooms. Oldest daughter Melissa [who is fluent in sign language] is an interpreter for her parents and a hearing mom for her little sisters, and she feels like her parents rely on her too much for it. When Jo suggests Melissa talking to her parents, she gets so upset, she storms out of the house. Can Jo help this family?
—Anonymous