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Mouthy and out of control teen!
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<blockquote data-quote="family mum" data-source="post: 526640" data-attributes="member: 14457"><p>Hi. First off, most of us have lost our cool at one time or another so I wouldn't worry about a one-off slap to the face, but I would try sticking hands in back pocket when he is getting wound up to give yourself time to think before you react.</p><p></p><p>my son is same age, and for a while he just wouldn't do any homework. I went back to some old tricks that I used when the kids were younger and that helped. I established a homework period when all children must be working ( not long 30 minutes up to 60 if you think he can handle it) set a timer. I established a homework zone that had everything there. (pencil case, dictionaries etc. and reading material) My son had to be at the zone for the prescribed time whether he decided to do homework or not, whether he claimed to have homework or not</p><p>. </p><p>Often he would start by saying that he wouldn't do homework and I would answer, "fine just sit there or sit there and read." Slowly he decided to do some of the homework. Sometimes he would choose to stay and finish after the timer went, sometimes he closed the books up faster than I could blink.</p><p></p><p>I usually stayed in the same room and told him that I was available to help if he needed some but I don,t sit at the zone unless he asks me to. (His zone was the kitchen table, usually I would have my back to him because I was cooking, this way he felt my presence but not that I was watching him.</p><p></p><p>Welcome and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="family mum, post: 526640, member: 14457"] Hi. First off, most of us have lost our cool at one time or another so I wouldn't worry about a one-off slap to the face, but I would try sticking hands in back pocket when he is getting wound up to give yourself time to think before you react. my son is same age, and for a while he just wouldn't do any homework. I went back to some old tricks that I used when the kids were younger and that helped. I established a homework period when all children must be working ( not long 30 minutes up to 60 if you think he can handle it) set a timer. I established a homework zone that had everything there. (pencil case, dictionaries etc. and reading material) My son had to be at the zone for the prescribed time whether he decided to do homework or not, whether he claimed to have homework or not . Often he would start by saying that he wouldn't do homework and I would answer, "fine just sit there or sit there and read." Slowly he decided to do some of the homework. Sometimes he would choose to stay and finish after the timer went, sometimes he closed the books up faster than I could blink. I usually stayed in the same room and told him that I was available to help if he needed some but I don,t sit at the zone unless he asks me to. (His zone was the kitchen table, usually I would have my back to him because I was cooking, this way he felt my presence but not that I was watching him. Welcome and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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