I want to strangle my kid. (No, not really strangle.. but a payback is in order!)
The boy in question was diagnosed young with ADHD, and ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)
I WHOLE HEARTEDLY DISAGREE.
Every child defies. It’s in their genetic makeup to push and find boundaries.
Every teenager opposes their parents, it is the biology of leaving the nest (shelter and patience of the parents).
Using a label as an excuse for bad behavior handicaps your kid for his future, feeling shitty and pissed off, only to take out on a coworker (and get fired) or spouse and get divorced.
Adults need to learn to keep their mouths shut because ALL OF US have something impolite to say to people that cross us, silence equals class 9 times out of ten.
And don’t think I am high and mighty, I’m blue collar thru and thru.
If you disrespected a woman like my grandmother, she would turn your head sideways with her 70 year old slap across the face. Ask me about a 22 year old man you know getting whip lash.
Boundaries and a tiny warning, not playing games. Immediate consequences, because the young don’t correlate (action reaction) unless it’s philosophy.
That’s YOUR WIFE. You loved her before him, and will continue long after he moves out. He crossed the line IN YOUR HOUSE.
He lives under your rules and guidance.
If you are not too strict with him now, sit him down and lay down the boundaries, hint he loses FOOTBALL if he does it again, because you are not playing.
Best wishes and GOD bless
