My brother, our youngest, does this when being reprimanded. Kapag ganon, nasisigawan ko sya. It’s hard to discipline a kid, teacher Julie. Specially when I was the one who spoiled him pa.

• My younger brother does that too, to our Father but not to our Mother. Would love to strangle his neck when he does that.

Good points, Julie. Thanks for this. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our emotions that we fail to think rationally.

• This just happened to me last Sunday so I had to write about it. I really needed a firetruck to cool down my temper. Seriously.

Very informative, this post. My eldest kid is getting to that age when talking back is her best way of saying..”You’re wrong!” Good thing I..take note..I have perfected my “look that can kill” and more often that not it’s enough to get my point across. Instead, my kid says “Yessir, Mama Sir!”..hehehe

• Wait till she gets to be a tween. You might want to have a fire truck around to douse your rising temper,

these really works –

• Let’s really hope so. It would need a very calm disposition to be able to deal with this issue.

hmmm, sounds complicated to me.. but i’ll take note of that, i know i’ll pass this way too..

• You wouldn’t wish this would happen. Now I’m thinking back if I was like that too when I was growing up.

I will keep this in mind for when Kelvin starts “complaining”. For now limited pa speech nya so dinadaan nya lang muna kami sa “no” at “don’t want” na may kasamang puppy-dog eyes.

We do encourage him a lot as per your last recommendation. Talagang “super big” deal kapag may ginawa syang maganda. It seems to be working so far.

• Wait till he is around 9 or 10, . If only we could stop the time and keep them as babies forever…sigh..

when my son opts to scream his no’s, i give him that look. hindi ko rin pinapatulan, and eventually he comes around and realizes he won’t get his way by raising his voice at me. pero 6 pa lang siya ngayon, yes and no pa lang ang away namin. pano kaya pag teens na, hay….

• Children are different now, unlike before when we were still children. I think there is a good side for this, at least they get to voice out their opinions and not just be like a wall flower. Hope they just don’t go overboard.

hi julie, hope you’re ok now. when my kids talk back, hubby let them kneel in front of the altar. me, i use the belt.

• Hubby used the belt twice pa lang when he got really frustrated. Me, I threaten to withdraw privileges, like delete a favorite pc game or lock the dvds they love to watch. Otherwise, I give “lectures” when things have calmed down. Oh, I do have a wooden thing I got from Tahanang Walang Hagdan kiosk that comes handy though I haven’t really tried using it for real. I just say I’m looking for it and everybody behaves well, lol!

This is so true Teacher Julie. My daughter is actually in this stage where she cannot handle her frustrations. She ends up shouting and really throwing tantrums. I am sometimes having a hard time dealing with it. I used to shout back at her because I could not control my emotions too but I found that the more she just shouts back. So now, I talk to her calmly and I guess in a way it takes effect better. Thanks for this Teacher Julie.

• This is one of the challenging part of being parents. What works best for one child won’t probably work with another. But still, cool and calm composure does the trick. Thanks for visiting Jing.

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