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March 1, 2000


It seems that my sweet little boy has been abducted and replaced by a rude, smart-alecky boy. Now, Cory's by no means perfect, but he has gotten to the point where he's, at times, unbearable.

A huge turning point was this last weekend. He slept over at his 10-year-old cousin's house. His cousin has always talked back and behaved, in my opinion, quite immaturely. And no one ever really disciplines him. Probably because his dad has never really been in the picture, but who knows. Anyway, we picked Cory up at 3:00 p.m. (the boys were still in their pj's, which really ticked me off). So I went to help Cory get ready and packed. He was crying, he yelled a bit, I think he almost tried to hit me. Then we got downstairs and his dad tried to keep the mood light, but Cory flipped out. He said he'd get ready when he was "damn well ready" and then tried to slug his dad. Well, that little escapade got his video games packed away until April and no more sleepovers for a few weeks. But it didn't stop there. Monday after school we were chatting about his day and his said he didn't like my "yappiness." Tuesday we were driving home and I was asking him about his day and he said I was giving him a headache. And then, he stared being really rude to one of my day home kids. Well, I lost it. Grounded him off everything, a half an hour in his room (where there's nothing to do but read or sleep.)

I don't know what to do with him. Taking away video games or computer time has no real impact, grounding him away from his friends doesn't either. How can I nip this behavior in the butt before it goes too far? It seems to be already going too far...

Is this normal 7-year-old behavior?

Shelley

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