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[quote=Anonymous]First. The second he was refusing to come in so he could play with the phone, I would have taken it away.

Second, I do not get at all the thing about him walking around the house.  So what.  Why was anyone following him?  You turned it into something.  If you told him to help you with dinner, you give him a punishment for not listening.

Third, you grabbing him and threatening to slap him is way out of line and very extreme for a kid who was being whiny and annoying.  You need a better parenting toolkit.  Tweens are hard.  11 year olds can alternate between toddler like behavior and teen behavior.  You need to buckle in and learn to deal with it.  You may need therapy for you.  Because you did not handle this well at all.

Given you threatened to hit your kid, I do not see how you expect him to treat you better.  The silent treatment seems like a fair reaction.  It is your responsibility to stop this bad behavior by both of you.  You need to find a time at home to sit down and explain that both of you acted inappropriately and apologize.  You cannot expect your kid to know how to handle conflict if you have not modeled it.  Then lay out what behavior you expect and the consequences for bad behavior.

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