How do you stop a 5 yearold from being cheeky??

[notamorningmum]

Hi everyone just though i would pick your brains on a problem that we seem to have had with our dd ever since she was about 3 1/2, but now it is getting to be a constant thing, when she is asked to say goodbye thankyou etc she always has to add something to it i.e bye you big poo head etc!!I know a few of her freinds do it but it is really beging to bug me and i would value any ideas ....

Personally I tend not to take any notice. The first time I usually say something along the lines of 'that's not a nice thing to say' & then if he does it again, I ignore it - he soon gets bored.
Maybe ask if she would like to be called Poo head?

my ds2 does this and has quite a reputation in the village as the comedian..i tell him off and it turns into a game, i ignore it and he says it louder...that was untill he said it to a police man...oh the look of pure terror when he theatened to handcuff him!!!! i will never be able to thank the police man enough!

If it makes you feel any better my DS does this and he is 4 1/2. Also when we tell him off he sometimes says things like 'dont talk to me like that again! - the sort of thing we usually say to him. Then I say do DH - just ignore him and Ds then says 'just ignore me'. Hard one - but trying not to make a big thing of it is usually the way.

get tough
pull her up on it straight away in front of recipient of cheek and look her straight in the eye, bend down to her level and tell her that no one likes that kind of talk and if she does it again she will find priveleges suspended.
You my have to repeat a few times but she will get it

Having an Asian other half I am a great advocate of old fashioned strict discipline when it comes to cheek and showing where boundaries lie. None of the empathising or negotiating, just a straightforward Here Is The Boundary.

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I find saying that I don't want to talk to him until he can speak nicely works quite well. It does make me chuckle to think that kids all over the UK seem to come out with 'poo head' though - I wonder when it progress onto worse!!