Or are they bright enough. This could be "Lazy Parenting" or Parenting by a Challenged Person." What is the father like? Is he around?Yup. Since they failed to instill respect in this child; theyāll now have to earn it. Not impossible... But it wonāt be pretty, and is unlikely to be pleasant. The only question is, ā do they love this child enough to do right by him, even in difficult circumstancesā?/---/ Back in the day a kid like that would get a paddling. Usually one would do the trick - problem solved. But today, we listen to Dr Phil and Oprah and coddle the kids or load him up on meds.I have a nine year old nephew who has significant discipline issues. Parents, grandparents, teachers, etc... he refuses to accept any form of authority over him. Heās been diagnosed as having Obsessive Defiance Disorder (ODD) and ADHD.
Nobody who has any authority over this kid will stand up to him. Heās allowed to make his own rules and throws a massive fit whenever any sort of discipline is even talked about. He curses and swears at his parents and literally ignores any limits imposed on him by anyone in authority.
At some point does failing to apply actual order and discipline on this child become a form of abuse or neglect in its own right? Iām not suggesting a need to get authorities involved, but st what point are these people doing this child a massive disservice with potentially lifelong consequences?
At age nine he's well past the paddling stage.
Some parents want to be "their friend" and arre afraid they child will not like them if they make him angry. Unless the mother is out of the equation, this kid is lost.