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I hate to say it but my DS (10) is a spoilt brat..............long

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Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 17:30

His behaviour is shocking and I know i'm partly to blame .He is the eldest child and his siblings are all girls .
He is such a pleasent little boy at times and at the school he is top of his class friendly and takes part in all the after school activities whenever we go into school we are stopped and told of his latest achievments.
However at home it is a totally diffrent story he has been a little bugger all weekend he winds his dad up no end shouting in his face throwing stuff at him ,last week he threw some toast in my face which actually shocked me so much it made me cry
he was grounded for a week and we stuck to it. Then today all punishments over he asked if he could go online ang get some match attacks that he needed I agreed and he was really pleasent 30 mins later he has hit his sister so she has a massive handprint on her back also screamed in the face of his 4 year old sister .
I am at my wits end with him he just shouts over or acts cocky and it's starting to get to me .
Does anyone have any advice please ?

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Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 17:39

anyone ????????????????????

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NAB3littlemonkeys · 03/12/2007 17:39

You need to lay down the consequences of what will happen when he does something that is unacceptable.

Mine are younger but are little darlings at times and my new rule is TV twice a week and computer twice a week and they will loose it if they don't behave.

Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 17:40

Thankyou I have tried taking things away from him or barring pc and TV he just dosen't care

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needmorecoffee · 03/12/2007 17:41

Do something now. When he is 15 it could be a nightmare.
I just don't know what to be honest, having failed miserably with one of my teenagers.

Camillathechicken · 03/12/2007 17:45

sit him down with yourself and your DH. read him the riot act.

take away all computers, tv , match cards, everything.. a few days of reading only or colouring only will make a big differnce, as he has to earn back all of his privileges.

try not to scream and shout back

send him to his room to cool down

is there a reason he is so angry?

janeite · 03/12/2007 17:45

Is he in Yr 6 by any chance? So far, experience shows me that this is when they start pushing boundaries, feeling frustrated etc. With dd1, we tried a range of things (although I must admit her behaviour was much milder - just picking on her sister, moaning etc) including taking her cd player away for 24 hours, offering rewards (usually Starbucks visit, as that's what she chose) for a period of positive behaviour (usually a week), finding time for her to be with me, or with her dad, away from dd2, television as a privelege rather than a right etc.

Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 17:53

He is in y5 but very mature I am about to go and do the riot act thingy

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NAB3littlemonkeys · 03/12/2007 18:25

I know how you feel. I feel like my 6 year old doesn't care too when he loses things but it is bravado at lot of the time. He lost a lot of his toys yesterday, and his sister did today, and I think the message will get home when they have very little left to play with.

roisin · 03/12/2007 18:35

It sounds to me that he has not learned to really control his emotions and temper.

I think the most important thing for you to do is to model to him how you stay calm and in control. So in the midst of an incident you might say "ds1, I am feeling extremely shocked and angry and hurt that you have just thrown toast in my face, and my instinct is to shout and scream, or to throw toast back at you. But I have learned to control my emotions, and instead we are going to have a calm discussion about this."

i.e. absolutely under no circumstances must you or your lose your temper with him.

Sit him down and have a calm and reasoned discussion with him. Ask him how he thinks you feel when he behaves in this way. Ask him how you feel when you pick him up from school and are told of his star prize or whatever. Then tell him that this contradiction leaves you very confused.

I would set up a positive reward scheme (just because this is what works with my boys). So rather than banning PS2 and TV or whatever, I would say he can earn the right to 30 mins PS2 or 30 mins TV by doing x, y, or z.

For example for not being rude or hurting any of his siblings in the morning before school, etc.

Does he have chores and responsibilities at home? If not, set him some: that should stop him being so cocky. Give him some responsibilities too, and get him preparing meals for the whole family and himself.

Hope some of this helps.

flack · 03/12/2007 18:50

Brand-jamasgirl, I have a similar DS (including a teacher who fawns over him), although he's only 8 and has brothers not sisters. I don't think it's simply our fault, some boys are just born to be alpha males and they act up rotten accordingly.
Roisin has some good ideas, worth mulling over.

janeite · 03/12/2007 19:16

How did the riot act go?

this is a very good book, which may help with ideas on how to deal with his behaviour.

Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 19:25

Thanks for all the advice .I did the riot act because he hit his sister again when she went upstairs.
Anyway I have taken all his footballs off him (4 of them ) and his match attacks and told him I am confiscating them for a week also no TV or after school clubs .
He seems a bit taken aback by this and has gone to bed very quietly .
He did say that I never listen to him or tell his sisters off when they hit him.
I do listen to him and we do have one on one time I think he's upset because I'm not telling his sisters what he wants to hear.
i dont know why he is so angry he just acts as though he is a superior being sometimes and it really gets to me.
But we shall have to wait and see if this latest punishment works .
Thanks again ladies .

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WendyWeber · 03/12/2007 19:33

They might be winding him up, you know - yes he is older, and yes he shouldn't hit them or shout, but if they know they can get him into trouble by bugging him until he blows up they will (been there, done that!)

Is there any way you can earwig when he is eg on the computer, without them knowing you are there? It might very well be a 50/50 thing, and in that case of course he will be very resentful.

If it turns out they are completely innocent and he is just being alpha male then throw the book at him

OrmIrian · 03/12/2007 19:37

Wow! Not just my 10yr old that has morphed into hellbrat then

Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 03/12/2007 19:41

Oh ormirian I'm sorry that you are ahving a bad time but I'm glad it's not just mine too.
Wendy I know the girls do their fair shareof winding him up but before I can say anything he lashes out which I have told him hundreds of times to just give me chance and they will get punished but he wont listen.

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OrmIrian · 03/12/2007 19:47

Yep. That's familiar too - not giving me a chance to say anything to the DD before he lashes out and then gets resentful because he's the one being told off. Then when I have a good chat with him and make sure he understands that he needs to tell me, not lash out, I then get told a load of lies (not too strong a word for it) about how DD hit him, about how she deliberately bumped into him... so ludicrously untrue that it's almost funny. So frustrating.

Mind you I know he's tired. He was still awake at 11.30 last night . He could not get to sleep. I did everything to try to help but nothing worked. Roll on the holidays

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