Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Behaviour/development

Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.

Discipline... table manners... behaviour!!

1 reply

Picklebob123 · 14/11/2023 20:44

3 kids, 3, 5 and 6(nearly 7). The 6 year old is terrible at the kitchen table.

Dosnt hold both his knife and fork.
Leans on the table
Eats mouth open.
Constant talking and not eating.
Messing around (rude words.. poo, Trump etc).
Takes forever to drink after meals.

Any advice or discipline options, I've shouted, I've asked nicely, I've nagged, meal time are so stressful.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Caledoniadreaming · 15/11/2023 09:06

Does he behave like this at school? It is quite young to have full blown table manners - that's my view though.

I'd ignore the behaviours, but engage in conversation with him. If he's not finished eating by the time the others are, let them get down from the table but you stay with the 6 year old until he is finished. He may well soon see that if he eats properly then he can get down at the same time as the younger two.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page