Another headache this week-end. My step son was here for the week-end. It is not him the problem, but the way he is raised at home. We seem to come from two different worlds. In our home, we believe in teaching our children to respect others and everything around them. manners are also very important, as well as, honesty. We do not believe that violence is a way of life.
Contrary to us, non of the above seems to matter in him home environment. When he comes over, everything chances including our children. He is rude, and continuously talks about violence. How he will kill this or explode that. He chews with his mouth open like his mother and also talks when it's full. I have a baby monitor in their room, so I can hear everything that goes on in there. Even if he knows that it is there, he seems to forget. He makes my three yr old do things to make us mad at him. Fortunately, I can hear him, so it doesn't work. He ends up passing most of the time he spends with us in time out. He tries to do the same things he does at home, like break things and write on furniture. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
He is 6 yrs old. It's not attention he wants. He just acts like he does with his mom and grand parents on his mom's side. He is rude to his mother, as well as, his grand parents. He believes he is the boss of them and he is right. They let him walk all over them. If he breaks things there, it doesn't matter to them. They are rich and will just replace it. As for the violent side. His mom and grand parents have been letting him watch violent movies since he is two. So, to him it's normal to act that way.
Another headache this week-end. My step son was here for the week-end. It is not him the problem, but the way he is raised at home. We seem to come from two different worlds. In our home, we believe in teaching our children to respect others and everything around them. manners are also very important, as well as, honesty. We do not believe that violence is a way of life.
Contrary to us, non of the above seems to matter in him home environment. When he comes over, everything chances including our children. He is rude, and continuously talks about violence. How he will kill this or explode that. He chews with his mouth open like his mother and also talks when it's full. I have a baby monitor in their room, so I can hear everything that goes on in there. Even if he knows that it is there, he seems to forget. He makes my three yr old do things to make us mad at him. Fortunately, I can hear him, so it doesn't work. He ends up passing most of the time he spends with us in time out. He tries to do the same things he does at home, like break things and write on furniture. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.