my little brother...

Can anyone help me to make my bro shut-up?

I swear he's jumping around and yelling all the time giving me a headache...sometimes I have to put up with it, but when I'm in a bad mood I just wanna smack him...but I don't and just tell him to shut up.

He's 10 years old btw...

any help?

He's  bored and trying to entertain himself, find him something to do, a video game or even better go outside and spend some time in the park so you can exercise and he can exercise and you are outside where the noise won't annoy you.

He's just bored though so find him something to do and then you find he is quiet and you don't know he's there

He wants some attention more than likely.  Take some time to spend with him.  Get him doing something that will keep him interested - create a fun project for him to work on.  Tell him that you'll do something with him for x amount of time if he agrees to let you finish whatever you're doing in peace for x minutes - and then keep that promise.  With little kids you can't say give me an hour - that's forever to them.  So something like if you let me finish xxx, in fifteen minutes I'll take a break and we can go skateboard/shoot hoops/play a game for fifteen minutes.

Little brothers and sisters can be pests but really they are just looking for some attention from their older sibling who at that age they probably look up to.

Ok...thank you for the advice =)

Though what if he's already playing games and still isn't able to shut up? Cuz 40% of the time thats the case...

Same applies.  See if you can distract him with something that is quieter.  Talk to your parents if its really that bad.  Go to a quiet place when he's really bothering you.  Is he really being that noisey or is it more to do with you? Are you in a bad mood - that makes you more prone to be sensitive to anything irritating that anyone does especially pesky little brothers.  Sometimes when you're in a bad mood you need to distract yourself.  So playing with him for 15 or 20 minutes might even help you get out of your bad mood.  Or remove yourself from the situation by going for a walk or bike ride.

If you are babysitting him then what I would do as a parent is give him one warning that the noise level is unacceptable (if it truly is per above) and that if he doesn't stop shouting then he will have to stop doing what he's doing and find something quieter to do.  If he continues, then you calmly say you had your warning, so this (whatever it is) goes away.  You have your choice to do this, this or this.  If you can show me that you will play quieter then you may use this toy/game/etc after lunch/tomorrow/etc., but for now you have lost the use of it.  The key is to remain calm and don't start yelling and definitely don't get physical.

Good luck.

Ok thank you =) I will try all those out and see if he'll quite down. At the moment he's watching "the spectacular spiderman" and is dead silent XD

Lets hope he stays that way...thank you lyn and lisa for your help =D

Is he worrying about you, you seem a little tense and uptight. Are you going through a rough time at the minute.

Kids are great at picking up vibes, he made need reassurance and maybe it will help if you sit down and talk things through with him.

Gill