@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:
Jessi -
1. PLEASE - Never hit a child or anyone else in the head or mouth area.
2. This behavior is typical of an 8 year old boy. And yes, he does need the Alpha Male in the house (father) to come down on him and tell him that word is not to be used in the house. And that's it. Give the situation to Dad.
3. Most likely, the kid will start using another "buzz word" to piss you off. He really got your goat on that one. What kind of a realtionship do you have with this boy? He is in the push-pull years with the mother/female. Bake him some cookies and put your arm around him. That's what he needs right now. And let the Dad be the strong rule maker and restraint setter for the boy.
I agree with much of what you say, especially about hitting the head or face, which is assault... It is of first importance to make clear to the boy, that he is loved, but that if you cannot get through to him that the state will, eventually, by throwing him in a cage with people much worse than himself, and usually after he makes himself obnoxious by hurting far too many... So; when hugging him, she should put her arm around his neck and head lock him and get his attention as the life begins to ebb, and say: In this test of wills I will win, and you will become a contributing member of this family, or one way or another, we will be done with you.. Then say: Think About It! and cut him loose...
He really wants that thing!
