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Originally Posted by eener28
My 9 year old son has been getting into trouble at school, not listening at home, and talking us (parents) with a smart mouth....
The back story to this is that our home has several issues going on (all at once), We have not taken a real vacation - ever (three days was the longest - when our son was 4 months old); This weekend was the first sleepover with his maternal grandmother (I finally put my foot down - my husband did not want the kids sleeping over anywhere - when I planned one with his parents - he said it would have to wait until HE could go with them).
We (parents) are not getting along. His father feels the need to 'remind' all of us all the time of our financial pressures, (we're broke), he also feels the need to remind us that HE provides our life as we know it by going to work and we do not appreciate it...
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I see a connection here. I think children often do not know how to express their unhappiness with a family situation, and have to
act it out, because they cannot understand or explain in
words what they feel. Maybe some way could be found that your son would have the chance to explore and express his real feelings about it? It might help if he felt someone were paying attention to those feelings.