Quote From: lmauslingI have a son who gets an attitude every time you ask him to do anything. If he doesnt get his way. He stomps off or yells at people. I am the only one he doesnt yell at. We have grounded him, taken away all cartoons, game boy, play station. All the things he enjoys. I dont know what to do. If someone does something to him he cant let it go. Yesterday he brought up something that happened in school back in May. A boy caled him a name. I dont know what else to do. Any advice.
Lora
How about a day of TURNABOUT...
Where you turn into him for the day? Start when he asks you for something. Pitch a hissy and stomp around. Drudge up all that old negative behavior and hold it AGAINST HIM!
Spend the day stomping around, and being a royal pain.
Then when you think he's gotten the message -- explain to him that THAT is how people see him, that it is completely unacceptable and you wanted to give him a hefty dose of his OWN behavior so he can see how it feels to be on the receiving end.
I've done this once or twice with my kids and they got the picture.
Sometimes I have let my kids get away with having an attitude up to a point but there IS a line that I DO NOT let them cross. I MAINTAIN that line. It's why I am the parent/teacher/guider. For us, yelling or any other kind of really disrespectful is simply not allowed or tolerated. When they used to cross that line they got some very eye-opeing consequences.
Hope that helps. Q
