Moms with 6 year olds?

declaredbeauty · Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:00 AM

And I thought 5 was going to be the end of it. He's already SO sneaky and it's driving me nuts.

artjen · Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:45 PM

My daughter is 8 and has grown up a lot. She is pretty easy. She doesn't whine much, but every once in a while I do hear it. If she chooses to whine I tell her that I cannot listen to her when she talks like that. Then, when she changes her voice I immediately tell her thank you and that was much better.

The thing is to give the attention to the positive behavior and not the negative.

guccimamma · Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:53 PM

my older child was a dream, my youngest is 5 1/2, she is horrible.

we do nothing but discipline her, it feels like we are her jailers. i think it is more of her personality than her age...but it has gotten a little better, when she was 3, i thought i was going to run away from home. every day.

BagLadie · Jul 23rd, 2008, 09:14 PM

My youngest is 5 1/2 and I have to admit...I HATE THIS AGE!!!! She is impossible!! She is constantly fighting with her older brothers (she is the instigator) and giving me a hard time about EVERYTHING!!! By bedtime I have soooo had enough of her!
My boys are 10 (almost 11) and 8. I LOVE these ages. Maybe it's just because they're boys. I am a boy mom at heart and the girl thing is impossible at times. I love buying her clothes and doing her hair...and I adore her to pieces.....but my god no one warned me it would be like this. I am not sure if it's an age thing or gender. I don't remember either of my sons ever being this difficult!

posk51 · Jul 23rd, 2008, 11:41 PM

Ding ding ding me too!! It sounds like our kids are exactly the same age and my 6.5 DD has been HORRIBLE lately. She's been sooooo whiney and incorrigible!
So I came up with a system with a dry erase board and check marks each time she whines, she gets a mark and privileges get taken away.
I'm thinking 3 marks is the limit.
I am also going to reward positive behavior too...with hearts maybe?

I have yet to go out and buy this board and start but I have done similar things with her in the past withe great results. She responds well to the visual aspect of it.
She's a very active, compassionate, fun, intense, passionate child.
There's nothing wrong with that, but we need to help her learn to reign herself in!!!
~~~GREAT THREAD--IT'S SO NICE TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!!1!!!!~~~

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Originally Posted by SwirlyGirly

My 6 yo is so whiny, it's killing me. I'm so upset w/ her lately. She acts just like my 3 year old. She used to be a great big sister, but now instead of trying to be a positive and good big sister, she's lowered herself down to my 3 year old's level. I really don't know what to do!

PinkSuadeSoho · Jul 24th, 2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by posk51

Ding ding ding me too!! It sounds like our kids are exactly the same age and my 6.5 DD has been HORRIBLE lately. She's been sooooo whiney and incorrigible!
So I came up with a system with a dry erase board and check marks each time she whines, she gets a mark and privileges get taken away.
I'm thinking 3 marks is the limit.
I am also going to reward positive behavior too...with hearts maybe?

I have yet to go out and buy this board and start but I have done similar things with her in the past withe great results. She responds well to the visual aspect of it.
She's a very active, compassionate, fun, intense, passionate child.
There's nothing wrong with that, but we need to help her learn to reign herself in!!!
~~~GREAT THREAD--IT'S SO NICE TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!!1!!!!~~~

We are not alone, repeat after me!

I love your "ding,ding,ding^! Too cute!

posk51 · Jul 24th, 2008, 04:08 PM

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k2sealer · Jul 24th, 2008, 04:28 PM

Phew! After reading all the posts here about people with whiney 6 year olds, I'm glad I'm not the only one. Whenever my 6 year old DS whines I give him a confused look and tell him that I can't understand him or that I don't speak whinese (pronounced like chinese). I keep it up even if it takes him an hour or more to stop whining and use a real voice to tell me what he wants. Time outs still work too. He has been experimenting lately with lying. We make sure that we come down hard on him when he lies because we don't want it to become a habit. Some days it seems like being a parent of a 6 year old is harder than it was when he was a toddler.

Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:00 AM	#16
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Jul 23rd, 2008, 09:14 PM	#19
BagLadie Got a handle on it Location: Red Sox Nation	My youngest is 5 1/2 and I have to admit...I HATE THIS AGE!!!! She is impossible!! She is constantly fighting with her older brothers (she is the instigator) and giving me a hard time about EVERYTHING!!! By bedtime I have soooo had enough of her! My boys are 10 (almost 11) and 8. I LOVE these ages. Maybe it's just because they're boys. I am a boy mom at heart and the girl thing is impossible at times. I love buying her clothes and doing her hair...and I adore her to pieces.....but my god no one warned me it would be like this. I am not sure if it's an age thing or gender. I don't remember either of my sons ever being this difficult! __________________ One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley

Jul 24th, 2008, 04:08 PM	#22
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Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:45 PM	#17
artjen Young @ Art Location: Arizona	My daughter is 8 and has grown up a lot. She is pretty easy. She doesn't whine much, but every once in a while I do hear it. If she chooses to whine I tell her that I cannot listen to her when she talks like that. Then, when she changes her voice I immediately tell her thank you and that was much better. The thing is to give the attention to the positive behavior and not the negative.

Jul 23rd, 2008, 05:53 PM	#18
guccimamma guccimamma	my older child was a dream, my youngest is 5 1/2, she is horrible. we do nothing but discipline her, it feels like we are her jailers. i think it is more of her personality than her age...but it has gotten a little better, when she was 3, i thought i was going to run away from home. every day.

Jul 24th, 2008, 04:28 PM	#23
k2sealer Kerri Location: Everett, Washington	Phew! After reading all the posts here about people with whiney 6 year olds, I'm glad I'm not the only one. Whenever my 6 year old DS whines I give him a confused look and tell him that I can't understand him or that I don't speak whinese (pronounced like chinese). I keep it up even if it takes him an hour or more to stop whining and use a real voice to tell me what he wants. Time outs still work too. He has been experimenting lately with lying. We make sure that we come down hard on him when he lies because we don't want it to become a habit. Some days it seems like being a parent of a 6 year old is harder than it was when he was a toddler.