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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 9 yr old DS sometimes will try to talk to me like I'm his friend.. the "not", and eye-rolling.  I tell my DS, I am not your friend, so don't talk to me like I am.  I would also tell your DS that it's ok for peers to banter and talk that way to teach other (like teacher to teacher peer), but not child to adult.[/quote]
OP-here. That's pretty much what we've said to him. He's lost privileges a couple of times because he kept pushing the envelope. I was just thinking he was getting this from other kids and expected that, but when I began to suspect that he might be picking it up from the teacher, I got a little more concerned about how we address it. [/quote]

Why would you have to handle this in a different manner because he learned it by watching two peers communicate with each other.  I don't get why you think this changes it.  Like PP, I just tell mine that it might be ok to talk to your friends that way, but it's not ok to talk to your mom that way, so don't do it.  Yes, it takes reminders and you might have to impose a consequence to make your point if your child is really pushing it.  But, you aren't going to change the teachers.

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