Quote From: tri2816I have 2 girls. One is 9 and one is 11. Trying to get them to listen to me is vary hard. I'll tell the to do the dishes and they will take a long time getting them done if they get them done at all. When I ask my 11 year old to get something or to put something away she doesn't watch what she is doing. I have more stains on my floor from her them from the 2 year old I watch. She doesn't think about things before she does them and she ends up breaking things or losing them. My 9 year old is the same way but she ives us the added plesure of talking back and pouting. I don't know what to do. Can anyone give me any ideas? I have yelled at them, taken things away, gounded them, and nothing worked.
It's time to play hard ball.
Start taking things away: "if you don't get those dishes done in (time frame), you cannot go out with your friends to the mall this weekend." Done. Easy.
My parents do that to my sister all the time. Take away something that they hold VERY important, and they'll bend to your will. Eventually, they'll have to do what you want in oder to get some of their things/freedom back.
