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[quote=Anonymous]I would not do time outs for a 7 yr old.. he's too old for that.  Does he have anything he really loves, like electronics?  Use that as leverage.

Another thing is to make sure that, you, the parents speak respectfully to each other and to your kids, in general.  That's not to say you can't command your DS to do something.  But, when you ask your child to do something the first, maybe even the second time, do so respectfully.. "can you do xyz, please"?  After the 3rd time, though, I do get mad, and usually end up yelling at my kids to go do what I said.

My now 10 yr old DS went through a period of being disrespectful to us, the eyerolling and what not.  I tried all these things, too.  After a year or so, I just got tired of it and spanked him. It happened a couple of times. I think the shock of the spanking got through to him.  You may not agree with this, but for my DS, it had an affect.

I have changed how I speak to him, for the most part.  Like I said, I try to speak respectfully to him.   Again, that's not to say I don't get mad at him on occasion and yell at him.  But, for the most part, he's been pretty good.  Most of the disrespectful attitude has stopped.  It pops up now and again.  I just give him a warning, and he will calm down.[/quote]

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