Boys - my 6yo son driving me crazy!

OK I have a 6 year old son. I am at my end with this child most days. Please tell me I am not the only one?

He constantly teases his sisters. CONSTANTLY. HELP!

My parenting skills have turned into refurring.

Don't worry, he'll stop when he's 20ish :-D

I don't know what to tell you...just have to let him know how wrong it is to tease her.  Somehow you have to think of a way to "punish" him for insulting and teasing other people.  Take away somethign he likes!

Hmm.. I picked on my brothers until I left the house. Sibling Rivalry and all of that.

There is nothing I take away from this child that bothers him.  He can entertain himself with a crack in the wall for hours. Except if I tell him that he can't spend time with me.  But that seems really mean.

HK - that is exactly what scares me.  Is there no end in sight?

There is lots of, Adam giggling at my house, and the girls whinning and tattle-tailing.  Drives me crazy.

Not really. Welcome to having two children.

HK can I send him to your house for the rest of the summer?

My brother picked on me relentlessly.  The only way to stop it was to physically separate us, which was hard to do, as we only had one house.

One thing that you could try.... (no promises)

He needs to expend some energy.  Tell him you can see that he is just an endless source of energy and that you want to know if he can do (fill in the blank).  With my daughter, if I told her I doubted she could do what I was asking, it made her all the more determined to prove me wrong.

The things you fill in the blank are like:

• 100 jumping jacks
• run around the house 3 times in 2 minutes
• 25 push ups

you get the idea

make him tired...  make him work...  and maybe he'll be too tired to pick on his sister

The other thing that might help is enrolling him in a martial arts class because they really hammer it in about how it's only for self defense and what it means to honor your family and stuff like that.

Sorry I'm not more help!

My 7 year old picks on my almost 12 year old, nope it will NEVER end! I'm with you on this too... my little one can entertain himself the same way!

Nomo actually those are great ideas.  He does seem to be worse when he sits in the house all day.

I have been thinking about signing him up for some martial art stuff too.  Maybe I will have to look into that too.

Boy are just programmed to TEASE.  Girls are programmed to WHINE.  grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

flgirl have you found anyway to the effectively discipline him? Everything seems to be a game with him.

Oops I thought this thread was about something else. :|
Sorry can't help you. :)

Sounds like he is kinda fun, salome, spirited and intelligent. Is he older or younger than the girls? Perhaps try explaining to him that he is supposed to be looking out for his sisters, not tormenting them, that he is supposed to be their protector. And the girls might respond better to the idea that it is more 'grown up' to learn to get along.

A bit archaic -  I know -  but everybody feels better when they have an honorable position in life.

*giggle* Seraph why do you think I headed it the way I did.   I wouldn't get anyone to read a forum titled "Kid Problems" especially Finewine and HK.

*giggle*

Kathy good point.  He is my middle child.  Abby is 8 and Amy is 3.  The girls have a tendency to "stick together" which adds to the fire.

Wow Salome I thought my child was the only one that just did NOT care if I took anything away.. At one point all he had in his room was his bed, blankets and clothes and he still managed to keep himself entertained in there the whole week..
My son (5) picks on my daugher (2.5) and it's as SOON as I start prepping/cooking dinner, doing dishes or whatever when Im not paying attention to them.. Argh..
So don't worry, you arent the only one..lol

Thanks short. I do think it has to do with attention but he also does it for my husband during the day.

He is a really good kid because there are times that he shows such warmth, compassion and love that it can bring a tear to my eye.

I am going to have to focus on a reward system and not worry about the discipline.

Maybe Stickers... and special time with me.

You know it may seem mean, but if he really ticks me off, I sometimes take away the next meal. Usually it's lunch and then he's an angel for the rest of the day. TV time sometimes works too (they only get an hour or so per day on the weekdays) or bed early (which usually gobbles up tv time, 2 for 1). But these are all pretty harsh in my house so it rarely happens. I often times just separate my boys on opposite ends of the house for some reading time.

I told myself that I would never withhold food or beverages from the kids because of behavior so I am thinking maybe the exercise thing. If he isn't behaving and when I would normally put him in a time out I could try jumping jacks.

I created a star system, if they get 20 stars they earn $10 to spend at the local book store, they get to pick and then want to read so I benefit from it too. They have stars earned and lost, there's always a repercussion when they lose too so they tend not to lose on a good day. Since I moved from CO to FL we haven't done this, time to get the white board out again I think!

He is a really good kid because there are times that he shows such warmth, compassion and love that it can bring a tear to my eye.

Wow, our kids sound eerily the same, my son is the same way too.. 6/7 days I want to cry b/c he isnt listening to me at all.. And other days he's heaven sent...lol.. Im being very careful with my daughter though.. I know I let my boy get away w/ alot of stuff when he was little and now Im suffering for it.. I don't want my daughter to be the same..