7 year old pushing limits with step-mom?
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I answered your other question too in regards to your 10 year old step daughter. Kind of the same here. Dad needs to step up to the plate.
Just wanted to add. You make me proud to know there are good people out there regarding you not rejecting your step children. I am widely known for not favoring people getting remarried until their children are adults. Why? out of fear that the new step parents reject the children. It's very clear your not like that. SO PROPS TO YOU
Good Luck
PS, make sure dad follows through with his daughter too, the same advise I gave for her, could be used for him.
Just continue to enforce the rules the more you let him get away with the more he'll push you
smack the **** outta him! show him who is boss.
well all you could do is top giving him everything, and punish him more, if you don't whopp yo kids, and very consistant just like him.
consult a therapist . good luck
Time for dad to administer a good old-fashioned spanking.
If he is in your house, then he goes by your rules. If he can't, then tell him simply "until you listen, you are not coming here anymore." Don't threaten him that you will take something away, DO IT!! then and there. If you threaten and do not follow through with it, he will continue, knowing you will not do anything about it. I have 2 stepsons, now grown and married. When I married their father, they were 6 & 9. They tested me. Fortunately, I did not give in. Its my way, in my house, or they can go back home to mommy dearest. Once I established I was the boss, everything was smooth sailing. I love them dearly, and they call me every week.
Agree the rules with your hasband and then stand together on them if possible try to get his mother on side you may find he is playing her up to
Set him down and tell him the rule and the rule don't change
and stick to it
let him know he is not in charge you are
be consistent (it will be hard be)
kids need rules
Yep, that's what they do all right, try to see where the limits are. That's their safety net. It's scary when there aren't any limits. He's probably an unhappy and frightened little boy and simply acting out as any normal child would under those circumstances.
Just keep reminding him what the rules are and what is expected of him, and praise him whenever he does what he's supposed to, and he should come around. This would also be a good time for him to understand that obeying rules comes from inside him, not always outside, that is, he should know enough to behave even if his mom doesn't expect him to. As long as you have reasonable expectations for him, he should eventually live up to them.
What would you do if he was your birth child/
& years of age 7 minute timeouts, watch nanny 911 friday at 8 c fox and supernanny 7c monday abc
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