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    6 Year old boy sass

    What the heck...

    Sweet, sweet Aidan has turned into sassy, argumentative, talk-back, you're not the boss of me Aidan since school started.

    Overtired? check
    Older siblings? check
    Mom considering taking up drinking rum and coke as an olympic sport? check, check, check!

    I have never had one of my kiddos act like this ... even my teen-agers would be afraid to cross me like this.

    I have tried time-outs, rewarding positive behavior, giving no attention to the negative behavior ....

    His tantrums and upset know no end.

    I bought him a ninja costume today for halloween and it came missing the pants (of course). It bothers me that I'll have to take it back to the store and exchange it, but he freaked out. Tears, storming around the house, going outside to directly disobey my edict that he be home now .... then all out tantrum over the unfairness of life. "It's no fair. I hate my life. <sob> It's almost Halloween."

    sigh.

    hold me.

    Kris
    ~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
    ~A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
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    I feel the same way about my 6 year old. He's SO much worse than his siblings.

    Ugh.

    Go for the Gold in that new olympic event!!! Maybe I'll be a challenger tho. Watch out...
    Peggy

    Aloha from paradise! And the other side of training!

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    • #3
      My friend's sons started in at about his age with the whole "life is soooooo unfair" shtick. So she indulged them with:

      "Yep, life is unfair. Thank GOD. If it was fair you would have had a very good chance of being born into poverty in Africa. Or disabled. Or into slavery. Or to parents who don't love and value you..."

      She went on for a good 10 minutes in that vein. Essentially, reminding her boys hat they were real damn lucky that "life's not fair".

      It was awesome.

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      • #4
        I offered Quinn a day of the "awful life" he was so sure he had. Every time we were going to do something fun (or even just normal/neutral), I'd say "Except Quinn. His life is awful, so he doesn't get to do it (or have cream cheese on his bagel, or syrup, etc. -- any slight indulgence)." He caved after about 2 hours.

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        • #5
          6 year old boys. Who knew there was such drama. I particularly enjoy the fake hysterical crying. I told him tonight that with all of the dramatics I was witnessing, it would be nice if he could at least squeeze out a tear so that I knew he really meant it. and then I was told that I was the meanest mom ever and why did he have to end up with ME.

          J.

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          • #6
            Some kids just have a great sense of drama. Like this guy:

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-iwwhJueo

            I always think of this when I know the drama is *just for me*.
            Angie
            Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
            Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

            "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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            • #7
              I love that video Angie - That is definitely they way Sophie functions.
              Kris

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