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Posted by DannyQ
^ loversinlove. Thanks for the welcome. I hope that you can give me a tour of these juicy debates you talk about...haha.
^ ladyscorpio. Very poetic, thanks for the unique welcome. Lol. Im going to assume that you'll be my stray jacket.

Posted by venusianbull
Tell him to remove himself from the general area. He can rejoin the human race when he has better control of himself.
You're the parent, you have the control. Flip that round you have a little monster on your hands.

xoxo Mean and Heartless Mom

Posted by SatoriFierce
My mother always took credit for my sister and I being such well-behaved kids until she witnessed my little brother. She was there are saw me being consistently firm with him and how much good it did. She didn't have to put in a fraction as much work into disciplining us. She only had to mention us being grounded and we would start to cry.
My brother, on the other hand, you could take every toy away from him, ground him from playing or birthday parties, put him in the corner etc. it didn't matter, nothing worked. He was determined to have things his way, and saw no reason why he shouldn't.
He is 17 now. I sent him to live with our Dad coming on 2 years ago after he repeatedly disobeyed his curfew and got us evicted from our place due to property damage and getting arrested for stealing a golf cart and riding it down the freeway. lmao. I know that's serious and I was furious at the time, but it's so stupid I can't help but laugh at it.
I hate to say it, but he is doing better now than he ever did before. It is mainly because our dad let's him do what he wants to do, he gives him the freedom he always wanted and he has proven that he can handle it. He hasn't gotten into any trouble since he moved out and is attending school, and got himself into Kung Fu classes that he really loves.
I know he is older now and so of course can handle more freedom, but I regret not trusting him with more earlier on. He always wanted the opportunity to prove how mature and responsible he was, and I didn't allow as much as I should have, so he acted out.
I'm not saying the O.P.'s Scorp child has behavior issues like this. Infact, she said that he only acts out to other adults but respects her.
I am only saying that you can't dismiss the O.P.'s experience and tell her that it is all her fault. Different approaches are needed for different kids, and they don't come with a handbook. So save the judgment, will ya?