I have 2 kids and my new wife has 3. Her 6 yr old daughter and 4 yr old son pitch fits about absolutely everything. The daughter is the worst one. She gets mad if she doesn't get the right cup, plate, if anyone but mommy makes her food, if she's told to get off the wii, if she doesn't get what she wants to drink, if kids say anything mean to her (that happens as kids). I don't mean just mad but all out kicking and screaming. My daughter is 10 and son 7. I'd say naturally my son is mean to her and my daughter just thinks shes annoying. My kids have been back talking a little more since our marriage but its gotten much better. My wife was pissed when my kids backtalked and I told her that her daughters way of back talking was throwing her fits. My wife looks at it differently. She also pees her pants through out the day. The 4 yr old boy does similar things but I expect that more from a kid his age especially when he sees his sister doing it. Everyone is sick of the fits she throws. They last...im not kidding, more than 45 minutes sometimes. Constant yelling and screaming. My son is calling her cry baby now and i really get on to him about that, but it pisses my wife off that he says that to begin with.
Really i feel ridiculous punishing my son for calling her a cry baby. My daughter said that to my son when he was younger and whined (no where near this extent). Its like hes saying what everyone else wants to say but doesn't. My kids were punished accordingly when they were'nt respecting my wife, they still are when that pops up. They are all punished when they do something.
Not with them, I've spanked both once and only once. After I did i told her if we spank we need to spank our own kids. She spanks them too but it does nothing.
Actually my kids gave her that at first, i've never gotten that from her kids. Her son calls me his step daddy. I think hes more or less following his sisters lead much like my son was
Really i feel ridiculous punishing my son for calling her a cry baby. My daughter said that to my son when he was younger and whined (no where near this extent). Its like hes saying what everyone else wants to say but doesn't. My kids were punished accordingly when they were'nt respecting my wife, they still are when that pops up. They are all punished when they do something.
Not with them, I've spanked both once and only once. After I did i told her if we spank we need to spank our own kids. She spanks them too but it does nothing.
Actually my kids gave her that at first, i've never gotten that from her kids. Her son calls me his step daddy. I think hes more or less following his sisters lead much like my son was