Sassy and disrespectful | ADHD Information

It is good you are giving him time out for the behavior for you cannot allow it.  Can you try to give attention to good behavior catch him being good.  If you can get a quiet moment with him plan a day when tax season is over to bond, give him something to look forward to.   Also during the quiet moment talk to him about how better to behave that his words are not nice and will not be tolerated.  Good luck.

How about good old-fashioned soap in the mouth?

yep, I agree he needs to know that it isn't appropriate to talk to you that way or any other person. 

I  however know that when I work more hours at school which is frequently at the beginning of the year and end of the year (school year... I'm an Instructional Facilitator for my district)my son has a sassy mouth as well.  I really try to make time for him when I am home. I find that he just wants attention.  Tonight he just wanted me to watch his cartoon with him.  I let the laundry go because he needed me.  My house goes to pieces but he comes first. 

Goodluck.. I know this must be a crazy time for you with your line of work. 

Hi everyone, we are having a bit of a problem with our 5 yo (adhd) being very sassy to me. 

I am a CPA and it is tax season, so I am working a lot of hours, and I hate to fight with him when I am home.  I am sure that some of this may be him consciously or subconsciously getting back at me for not being around much.  But, I know that I can't let it continue.

He has been doing it in the morning and at night - plus, I do know that his meds are out of his system at these times.

Last night I got home early from a client, and everything I said to him was met with a sassy "yeah right", "fine then", "you don't know", "you are a stinky mom" or just repeating exactly what I had said while laughing hysterically.  I am looking for advice on what to do to get him to stop talking to me like this - last night I warned him the first couple times.  Then every time after that that he did it I walked him to his room, explained that he could not talk to me that way, and that he was going to have to stay in his room for 5 minutes and think about it.  He went in several times, with not too much improvement.  He was very tired last night as he woke up at 5:30 am when I got up to work, so I finally concluded that he was just too out of it to really handle any more, so I put his jammies on him, let him watch some cartoons in bed and lights out.

I don't believe that the sassiness was directly related to being tired, as he has been doing it other days.  He definitely thinks he is funny when he does it.

Any thoughts??

 

 

Smack him silly and scream "you can't talk to your mother that way!"-  Oh, wait, that's the response we're supposed to stifle, right?

Seriously, though, I hate when my kids do that.  I drives me up the wall, so guess what they do when they're mad at me?

I'd talk to him about how much he hates it when you have to be gone so long.  Let him know you don't like it either and that it's only temporary.  Then make it a point to give him a little bit of your undivided attention every day, doing something of his choosing.  It may be that you can only do 5 minutes some nights, but it'll make a difference.  And keep sending him to his room every time he does it.  It'll stop eventually.