My DS(9) and DDs(8 and 6) are mostly well behaved children. However there has been quite a lot of "attitude" recently at home, mostly sort of dismissive/annoyed/you don't know anything tone of voice when asked to do things/stop doing things etc. Also DS tries to walk away when we are talking to him, DD goes into "sulky face". No swearing or gross misbehaviour, I'm sure you get the picture. I do make it clear that it is not acceptable to speak to parents like this. My point is, is this something they pick up from their peers or is it TV? A lot of the kids TV seems to have an anti-authoritarian tone to it (Tracy Beaker/Mortified). I don't let them watch much of this but don't want to be over-controlling (can remember this from my childhood). If I'm honest, we have moved recently and they have watched more TV, weather has been awful, we know fewer people to visit. Has anyone tried stopping this sort of TV - did it help?
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attitude - how much is this down to TV, how much from peers?
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sanae · 06/03/2007 11:07
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