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Occasional bad behaviour, influences

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mum2caelan · 21/12/2013 22:04

Hi everyone. I'm feeling guilty tonight for getting cross with my son, even though he didn't seem to feel bad about his behaviour or testing my patience! He is generally a well behaved boy, and I am usually very patient at times when he does misbehave. But lately he seems to be getting quite silly and at times says things that are quite rude, bossy, ungrateful etc. my worry is that a lot of these traits I'm afraid he might be picking up from his grandpa. I've tried speaking to my dad about his behaviour when around my son, but I'm not getting anywhere with him, in fact at times it makes him worse. Annoyingly my dad has even started contradicting me in front of my son. I'm convinced this is why my son has shown recent changes. He loves to see my dad and I don't want to have to cut down how often we see him. I guess this post is as much about behaviour issues with grown ups as it is with kids. I saw a book about something called PET on here and thought that might be useful. Does anyone have any tips or ideas?

Thanks

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Misfitless · 22/12/2013 06:05

No, but I'm marking my place as I'd like to know about PET, too.

GoodnessKnows · 22/12/2013 06:09

Me too. What is it? I get frustrated when I see how the behaviour of adults rubs off on my DCn, too.

mum2caelan · 22/12/2013 13:07

What a relief to know other people have naughty adults in their lives. I'm definitely gonna get that book, might help.

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GoodnessKnows · 23/12/2013 08:58

What's it called?

mum2caelan · 29/12/2013 19:43

It's called 'Parent Effectiveness Training' by Dr Thomas Gordon, I found it under reviews:parenting books.

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