Yea my kids dont say it all the time either. Only during lectures, the two requirments ar to look me in the eye and answer yes sir or no sir. All my kids teachers love them, we get compliments all the time. The one thing that everyone notices is that we do not have to yell at our kids. When we speak they stop and listen. The second part is the most amazing to me, don't ask me how we did that, cause I don't know. They've gotten several awards both at schools and civic from the city for thier manners and self less acts.

Jamz, how old are your kids?
That makes a difference in approach.

 

Well you are from Texas....what the heck do you expect....I think you are being unrealistic....heck...just keep their feet off the table and count your blessings...

***Note...if you have more than 10 blessing then it is ok to put your feet on the table but only to finish counting...then right back to the floor***

 

My mom and grand-parents never made me say no maam, and no sir to the, but I'd better damn-well say it to another adult that asked me anything. That shows what they referred to as me having "home-training".

I can't stand a disrepectful child; and I won't raise one.

It will be yes and no, Yes ma'am/sir and no ma'am/sir. Not any "yeah's & naws" Not when talking to me... When he gets older, I'll let the sheilds down a little bit, but only because I'll know he knows how to speak to people when he has to... At home, I'll give him the courtesy (once he learns) of not having to be always on guard.

 

My 2 1/2 year old is the worlds worst for trying my patience. No matter how many times I tell him "No" or pop his hand/butt, he still goes for it. He is the spawn of . But I love hime to pieces, and when he is good, he's the most helpful, polite thing you could ask for.

 

My girl is pretty close to the same. My boy wont argue with me but my girl will. She'll usually wilt under a hard stare or butt crack but she is pretty stuborn. Sometimes she'll take a butt crack, stare and banishment to the steps to sit and wont crack....I admire her conviction....she just hasnt learned Daddy is much more stubborn...

 

My wife has a "bad rug" that she makes them sit on when they misbehave. It's on the oppostie wall of the TV. My 2 year old (in the picture with the quad in my sig) did something one day and she put him on the rug. At first he kept getting up, and then calmed down and sat. A few minutes later she checks on him and he pulled the rug in front of the TV and says "I'm still on the rug..." in a smartass tone. He's is a chit! But we love him...

 

That's classic Got her on a technicality....

 

That's my little trial lawyer... I can see it now "But your Honor, my client was not selling drugs, he was bartering..."

 

That's adorable! The ladies have to watch out for him when he grows up!

 

Clown.

 

Yeah, my little one is about to turn 2, and for something that's only 26 pounds, Jr's got 95 pounds of attitude. (He gets that from his momma...)

So, last night I'm doing my homework, (Business Negotiations) and Jr. decides he wants to play with his Leapster game thingy. OK, he dosn't realize he's looking at it upside down (he gets that from his daddy) but, OK. He's quiet, it's cool...

So, after about 15-20 minutes of it not doing what he wanted it to do, mister gets upset. He wouldn't let momma help him, and her offering to help only pissed him off (He gets that from his daddy too), so he tries to throw the leapster!

Mom caught it and said, no, your not gonna throw it. He gets all down on the floor hollering, and writhing on the floor like he had ants on him or something. We told him to stop, he keeps going... His Mom sat the leapster on the ottoman and made him stand up. So, he stands, walks over to the ottoman, and he slings the leapster onto the (hardwood) floor anyway.

Boy, he-got-his-*** (OK, hand) -whipped when he did that!

He might get mad again, but- I'll bet you he won't throw any more Leapsters on the floor.

Then he came crying to me to save him... siff-sniff> Da-Deee sniff>sniff.... I'm like, no- Momma told you not to, and you did it anyway... That's what you get...

The plan is for Mom to handle all the little BS, but when the big BS comes, that's when I'll intervene. When my wife tells my son, "You wait until I tell your Daddy." I want that to mean something... I want that to scare the ***** out of him...

If we get our bluff in early, showing him we're his parents and not his friends now, we won't have to worry about him acting silly when he gets 14-15-16...

 

yea....like there aint a little daddy there too

Yea that's great...my wife uses the same line...they snap right into line.


I hate when they do that throwing themselves on the floor routine.

My son did a bit where he would head butt the floor...my wife would stop him...he pitched a fit with me one time and started it....he was on the kitchen floor which is tiled...he started his routine...

I wouldnt let her stop him...I said "go ahead hit the floor...its your head...." Funny thing how letting him head butt a non carpeted floor put an end to that routine. My wife said I was cruel...I taught him his first poker lesson...dont get called on a bluff...it can really hurt.

 

That's exactly my philosphy on parenting, whip their *** now, while you can, and they'll still believe it when in reality they'll whoop yours...

I also figure the harder I am on them now, the easier it'll be later...

 

x2

 

It seems to be a good philosphy, atleast it's worked for me so far. Mine are 6 and 10. But around 5 or so spanking stopped having any effect or short term if it did. Grounding, time outs all the same thing.
So I started making them run laps around the yard. I ran along next to them the whole way. Worked so well other parents have started it too and it seems to be 100% sucess rate so far. If they have a small yard then they run around the block with them.