Around here, days can be very stressful with our 6 year old who likes to think he is the boss and also thinks it's funny to laugh when we get upset that he doesn't have respect for authority. We are always having to tell him that WE are the boss NOT him and he is to follow our rules. That means eating what he is served, doing as he is told, and having a cheerful attitude rather than his seemingly constant sour-puss, grumpy, I'm-a-know-it-all demeanor. I can really get worked up over his defiance and find myself yelling at him in desperation. He just doesn't get it sometimes, then I always feel guilty.
I hate that I have to sound so negative about my son, but it just seems that he is really aggravating us these days.
I make sure to apologize to him that we have to punish him or yell at him, but he needs to understand that Mommy is weak and human and I don't mean to hurt his feelings, but sometimes he needs the discipline so he knows what is proper and what is wrong. And I know he knows, he just doesn't act that way.
Why? Why does he insist on seeing how much Mommy will take until she "loses it?" He can go on forever: once I ignored his ever increasing decibels of his banging on the table...he just is waiting for me to say stop it. But I didn't. He did it for a whole 5 minutes. It was so hard to tolerate such annoying behavior. This was only one moment in that particular day filled with his disobedience.
So, at the end of the day, I make sure to tell him and my other one that I love them, no matter what. Mommy may punish you or make you feel bad, Mommy may feel disrespected, but Mommy loves you no matter what.
I love you no matter what.
That always brings a smile to their face.
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It is good you always remember to tell them. Yes, that is WHY we punish and correct because we do LOVE them. If we didn't love them we would let them act like that. He does not comphrend that now, but he will, trust me. It will probably last til he is about 20 or 21 years old, but he will come to understand.
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