Comments on: Disrespectful kids: what’s a parent to do?

By: Owlhaven

Owlhaven — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:01:14 +0000

I’d think of something that IS important to her, such as being driven to a friend’s house or the mall. Next time she expects you to do something like that for her, ‘say, sure, honey, as soon as you get those sentences written to make up for being rude the other day.’ And hold her to it. Basically nothing good should happen for a kid who disses mom.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:30:45 +0000

I have a 13 to be and a 15 to be. The 13 year-old is a girl. If I’d ask her to write something like this, she would either say, “did you say something?”, or “did you say something which is important to me?”, or she’ll just simply laugh about it and walk away. She would ignore me when I speak. Do you have any suggestion to correct an adolescent like this?

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:01:26 +0000

I wanted you to know that I tried this with my daughter who is 11 and a few days ago we had another instance which landed her in her room for awhile. When she came out she sat at the table and said, “I lost my temper because….I handled it by….I could have handled it better by….” Yup, she just said it all (filling in the reasons of course I just left that out)! Thanks so much!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:25:31 +0000

You could have them draw pictures to each of the questions. It worked for us when our kids were pre writers.

By: Shonah

Shonah — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:03:07 +0000

I love this suggestion, I am totally going to try it. I would also like to plug the book- Siblings Without Rivalry, by Adele Faber. I have found this book to be really helpful when dealing with slibling issues.

By: Stephanie Wahlberg

Stephanie Wahlberg — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:32:18 +0000

I love this idea! I will try it with my oldest.

When my girls fight, I have them go to their room that they share. They have to work it out by writing or drawing a picture about something they enjoy about the other sister. When I come upstairs, I always find them sitting side by side sharing and working on their papers together.

By: angela michelle

angela michelle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:26:12 +0000

Love it. I kinda like acting like the teacher of a prairie one-room schoolhouse. For a time, I had one son read selections from William Bennett’s Book of Virtues and give me reports.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:29:05 +0000

Thanks for the idea!

By: The Bookworm

The Bookworm — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:21:52 +0000

Great idea! Thank you for posting that!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:28:05 +0000

this is a great exercise! I will give it a try! my daughter seems to be going through a spell of rudeness that I’ve been having trouble knowing how to handle it!