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]]> Comment on What to do with a Rebellious Kid? by Stay at Home Mom http://www.stayathomemom.com/wordpress/parenting#comment-6 Stay at Home Mom Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.stayathomemom.com/wordpress/parenting#comment-6 I think a little rebellion is good - they are trying to find their own place in this world. It should be met with love. Let them know that you will do whatever it takes to keep them safe and to work with them so that they CAN go out into the world on their own. Recently my 17 year old was being a little rebellious and inside I was just screaming "FINE! Go ahead and be that way!" I was mad and upset that this child I raised was talking back and not taking out the garbage. Instead I took a little time to myself - I guess I gave myself a time out essentially - and reminded myself that I am the parent and I want to raise a young adult that will be able to stick up for himself and make his own way in the world. Later, that day we talked about it and I was able to calmly talk to him about respecting his mother. That worked fine. That was minor rebelliosness. Our 15 year old on the other hand recently went to a party and a number of the kids were drinking. He didn't tell us about it but a mother of a girl who had been there called after he daughter got sick from too much tequila. All the kids were grounded. My son is grouned until school starts and then he will have provisional freedoms as he earns them back. I took this event very seriously and to me grounding meant he was either at work or with a family member. He asked if he could go to a birthday party in one week and so I said "that would be fine. Who do you want to go with you? Dad or me?" He decided not to go to the birthday party. Since this event though I have seen the other kids involved roaming around town unsurpervised. I guess they were grounded for a day. So, as far as a rebellious kid goes, it seems that each age has its appropriate response but the most important thing is to let your kid know that you love them and will help them learn appropriate behavior and that you want to help them find their own way in the world outside of mom and dad. I think a little rebellion is good - they are trying to find their own place in this world. It should be met with love. Let them know that you will do whatever it takes to keep them safe and to work with them so that they CAN go out into the world on their own. Recently my 17 year old was being a little rebellious and inside I was just screaming “FINE! Go ahead and be that way!” I was mad and upset that this child I raised was talking back and not taking out the garbage. Instead I took a little time to myself - I guess I gave myself a time out essentially - and reminded myself that I am the parent and I want to raise a young adult that will be able to stick up for himself and make his own way in the world. Later, that day we talked about it and I was able to calmly talk to him about respecting his mother. That worked fine. That was minor rebelliosness.

Our 15 year old on the other hand recently went to a party and a number of the kids were drinking. He didn’t tell us about it but a mother of a girl who had been there called after he daughter got sick from too much tequila. All the kids were grounded. My son is grouned until school starts and then he will have provisional freedoms as he earns them back. I took this event very seriously and to me grounding meant he was either at work or with a family member. He asked if he could go to a birthday party in one week and so I said “that would be fine. Who do you want to go with you? Dad or me?” He decided not to go to the birthday party. Since this event though I have seen the other kids involved roaming around town unsurpervised. I guess they were grounded for a day.

So, as far as a rebellious kid goes, it seems that each age has its appropriate response but the most important thing is to let your kid know that you love them and will help them learn appropriate behavior and that you want to help them find their own way in the world outside of mom and dad.

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