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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I didn't expect this to still be going. The examples of back talk I am referencing are pretty classic. I ask them to do something and the response is, "I don't have to listen to you." or "No. *insert reason*"

I usually respond, well actually you do 
because your mom is not here and I am in charge of you. But it's obnoxious I even have to do it! [/quote]

I stopped giving a girl rides to an activity because of behavior like this. Her mom was livid and was like, Larla can’t do the activity if you don’t drive her. She wasn’t the type to be willing to listen to the truth so I just said it wasn’t going to work for us anymore. She harassed me by text and voicemail for weeks after.

Often the kids learn this feral, no-boundaries behavior from their parents. I volunteer at my kids’ private school and recently heard some really terrible stories about middle school kids in a grade cohort driving multiple math teachers out year after year because of awful behavior. The parents blamed the teachers even when given specifics of their kids’ bad behavior. They graduate this year and the school can’t say goodbye to those parents fast enough. [/quote]
Parents are so clueless about how rudeness affects their child. My children like to invite their friends over and there is one kid that is a total easy child, well-behaved, kind and fun to be around. We take him everywhere (swimming, to museums, fun outings). Because he is polite, he gets to do lots of fun stuff with other families. Then there is a child that was so rude I never invited them back. When your child is a delight, the world opens up to them. When they are rude, even the most empathetic adults just won’t bother.[/quote]

I’m the same way.  My kid has two fantastic friends.  Polite, easy to be around, genuinely nice.

My kid knows that I am willing to take them anywhere.  Happy to drive them to carpool, happy to take them to the pool, etc.

The kids who are rude and ungrateful…. Not so much.  I mean, I’m too old to deal with other kid’s crap.  Their own parents can deal with them.  [/quote]

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