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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with pp. your son is going to call you worse things than stupid over the course of childhood and the teen years.

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Maybe. Maybe not.

A lot depends on how these things are handled early on. If you expect/tolerate it now, it's only going to get worse. If you make it clear - every single time - in words and deeds that "we do not talk to each other that way in our family," you have a better chance of having a kind and respectful home down the line.

Also, "stupid" is about the worst insult a six year old knows. At least I hope so. Just because older kids can come up with worse names doesn't mean You should tolerate a six year old calling his parent "stupid".

OP: see the punishment through to the end.

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I still think the punishment was too harsh. I also have a kid who is not inclined to cooperate, and who can be very difficult. He rarely calls names, but that's because he gets no reaction when he does it. When I react to things, he does them more often. If I took away a toy for a week for small things like this (in the scheme of things, it's small), we would be well on our way to a spiral of negative attention because out of sight isn't always out of mind, and the behavior would escalate. It sounds like it worked for OP, but it wouldn't work for all kids. [/quote]

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