Tell me what to do as I am all out of ideas

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DS1 is 6.
Been full of it since tea.
Told him he would be doing his spellings after tea but he was being cheeky so I called him in to write "I must not cheek my Mummy."

DS: I thought I was doing my spellings?
Me: You will do them next.
DS then writes rubbish so I send him back to do them again properly, repeating what he should write.
DS: "I must cheek my Mummy." with a grin.
I have had enough so send him to his room to sit on his bed and think about whether he is going to carry on being such a cheeky, naughty boy.(He has been a you know what for a while now.) He says he is going to think about nothing.

I know everyone says ignore, ignore but you can't always.

Glass of wine?

I would get him down and make him do his spellings. He is probably very happy to be sat in his room, doing his own thing and not doing his spellings.

You can secretly have the pleasure of making him do something he doesn't want to but at the same time ignoring the attention seeking, cheeky behaviour.

It is best to ignore the cheek but it is hard, I know.

Sympathise over the spellings though - not the highlight of my week. Thankfully they are for tomorrow night.

(I've just had a glass of champers while the kids argue eat their tea.)

How about praising him for something else instead? Or just telling him he is such a good boy generally, you know he doesn't mean to be cheeky this time.

He's digging himself into a hole. My ds does this too.

foofi For him or me??

Niecie He had to stay in his room until daddy came home and that was a good half hour. He has had a shower rather than a bath and Daddy is now doing his spellings and school book with him. There probably won't be time for a Chapter of his new Famous 5 book, so hopefully there in lies a lesson....

oregore Great idea. Will remember that for next time. You know, he is a smart kid. He had to do lines for laughing when his sister fell in the mud. When we got home he said that since he helped her up without being asked, could he not do his lines!!!

cornsilk Yes, hung for a sheep than a lamb...

Sounds like you have it sorted to me. Do you want to sort out my DS and his spellings tomorrow!

How old is your DS?

7 - in Yr 3

I have dd age 6 and she is also "full of it" on a regular basis at the moment the only thing i found to work is last night when i had had enough i didnt read her bedtime story and she was devastated!! i had been struggling to find anything that worked as she wouldnt show any remorse so at last have found something so your DS! not getting his famous five book will probably help!!! I am loving the doing lines thing and may steal it for my own use