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06.10.08, 18:16 PM General Topics
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My almost 6 year old son is talking back to us (his parents), balking at doing things we ask (like clean room etc). When we punish him--take away priveleges and the like, he says "I'm just a stupid boy, then" and "I am so mad at myself" and "You SHOULD punish me cause I don't know how to listen!" Even after the episode has passed, he gets really down on himself, says he's a bad child, etc. Now, I need to be able to reprimand him, but these sentiments he's expressing really have me worried. And today, we were going to go to the beach for a walk after grocery shopping. But he behaved badly in the store so we said "we're sorry, but we are not going to the beach because you misbehaved." At first, he was angry, but when I asked him why he said "so NOBODY gets to go to the beach because of me?? That's just not fair!" Any advice? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:16 PM Flag
 

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my 6 yo DS pulls that sort of behavior sometimes but lately, he doesn't. hopefully, it might be a phase... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:17 PM Flag
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sounds like your consequences don't match the behaviors [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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was this meant for the OP? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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sorry - yes [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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thanks--but should i still be 'stern' when he disobeys, or try and figure out why the hell he's acting like such a brat--i mean, i do both, don't get me wrong. I just don't know what to do. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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sorry that was supposed to be under the reply [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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