Excessive yelling during sport

[BanditH33ler]

Hi Everybody,

I seem to have a difference of opinion with my teenager when it comes to his general conduct when watching football (especially when his preferred team is playing)

He's 16 and generally well behaved, though does have obnoxious tendencies now and then (sure all teenagers do, and I no doubt did when I was a teen aswell)

My issue is anytime he has football on I really do belive he is excessive in his antics. Stomping and slamming hands on the desk (if watching from the computer) and yelling/screaming soemtimes to the point of crackle during.

It's something I've confronted and challenged him on numerous times, to be responded with his solutions of "then go somewhere else" "it's called passion"... Things can get heated after responces like that, but I do tell him your sometimes two floors up and I can hear you screaming, what happens when you have a house one day and have to deal with neighbours who won't appriciate that soemtimes at 10pm.

I watch hockey myself.... I'll fist pump the air, slump back on my chair, and verbalise with "yesss" "nooooo", but you'd never hear me outside whatever room I'd be in.

What would you do? ... Carry on and the game goes off?... Keep it up and ban any football for a week or longer?... I'd ignore but it's beyond a joke when it effects other kids in the house who like me, also watch sport and tv in relative calm. But I don't want to feel like I'm nagging every single time a game is on.

[SharedAccountWithMySister]

The response of "then go somewhere else" would have me turning off the internet/tv if they do it again.

[BanditH33ler]

@SharedAccountWithMySister

The response of "then go somewhere else" would have me turning off the internet/tv if they do it again.

I very nearly did. Sometimes I probably feel like I'm trying to hard to avoid the roll of "over dramatic dad" turning the WiFi off at every opportunity. Though I have disabled WiFi access in the past to his particular devices when homeworks have been consistently missed

[NCForQuestions]

TV off. WiFi off. Evict him to somewhere else to watch football. If he wouldn't behave like that at his grannies / neighbours / best friend's house, he doesn't get to do it in yours either.

Same as how you deal with kids (and husbands IMO) who scream blue murder at the Xbox / PlayStation etc.

Totally unacceptable behaviour in a civilised society which includes your home.

[BanditH33ler]

@NCForQuestions

TV off. WiFi off. Evict him to somewhere else to watch football. If he wouldn't behave like that at his grannies / neighbours / best friend's house, he doesn't get to do it in yours either.

Same as how you deal with kids (and husbands IMO) who scream blue murder at the Xbox / PlayStation etc.

Totally unacceptable behaviour in a civilised society which includes your home.

I agree, I've never done that with sport or gaming (and I do enjoy both), nore did my late father, I probably got it from him. We would verbalise the drama on screen to what is a touch past your general indoor voice, nothing to the point of madness.

I don't want him sat in silence afraid to express himself either though

[Screamingabdabz]

I watched a middle aged man sitting by himself in a pub screaming and shouting at a match on tv this week. He was the only one doing it in a pub full of couples and families all eating dinner.

I raged on to my DH about male privelege and his total obliviousness and what a dick he was. My DH (who is a complete women-power sweetheart) got very defensive and said ‘well that would be me when I come up and watch the rugby’. I was very shocked.

I guess a man thing and a sport thing. I hate it but I comfort myself into thinking if it wasn’t that, they’d be back in fields with pikes and axes and it would be Agincourt all over again. Testosterone. Ugh. 🙄

[BanditH33ler]

@Screamingabdabz

I watched a middle aged man sitting by himself in a pub screaming and shouting at a match on tv this week. He was the only one doing it in a pub full of couples and families all eating dinner.

I raged on to my DH about male privelege and his total obliviousness and what a dick he was. My DH (who is a complete women-power sweetheart) got very defensive and said ‘well that would be me when I come up and watch the rugby’. I was very shocked.

I guess a man thing and a sport thing. I hate it but I comfort myself into thinking if it wasn’t that, they’d be back in fields with pikes and axes and it would be Agincourt all over again. Testosterone. Ugh. 🙄

I guess there are far worse things my son could be doing. But it's literally a pi§§ take when you can hear it on a different level of the house as if he was next to me, I've told him it's obnoxious

[Screamingabdabz]

Maybe some strategic hoovering might be in order next time.