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re: My kids fight all the time. Am I overreacting?

Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:22 pm to
Posted by Gray Tiger
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jan 2004
36512 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:22 pm to
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WoWyHi

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Grow some balls and beat your son's arse. If they're fighting for hours and he instigates it like you said, deal with him.



Yeah and after you beat the shite out of a little kid, don't feed him for a couple of days. That will teach the little brat who is the boss.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59063 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:23 pm to
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My son gets bored and starts purposely trying to aggravate anyone who will take the bait. It’s almost always his sister who breaks first and they explode in a fit of arguing where neither of them is willing to back off


Instead of arguing she needs to tear one off in his arse and he’ll stop.
Posted by drjett
Lake Chuck
Member since May 2012
981 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:23 pm to
My wife had a similar situation with her younger brother many years ago. My father-in-law gave them boxing gloves and let them settle it out. It worked.
Posted by OldCat55
Member since Apr 2021
728 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:24 pm to
Relax

Mine are now 26 and 19. They will still fuss when they get together. They went at it when they were younger.
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
61270 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:26 pm to
If it’s anything like my sister and I. It will get better when the oldest gets to college. Only a few more years!
Posted by GeauxGutsy
Member since Jul 2017
5861 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:28 pm to
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They fight about EVERYTHING and CONSTANTLY.


Is this what they see at home? Perhaps this is a learned behaviour.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19465 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:29 pm to
That’s their way of venting and letting out frustration.

They just target each other
Posted by Medtiger87
Member since Sep 2019
241 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:37 pm to
Brother and I are 4 years apart. We did this for years. We’re fine now and are doing not too bad in life.
Posted by Rick9Plus
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2020
2430 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:40 pm to
Punish them both when they fight. Like, put them both in time out for 15 min when they get home if they fight in the car. They will quit.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38859 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:42 pm to
Damn

My daughter is 3 years older than my son
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6803 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:44 pm to
Mine are 9 & 11. It's normal and it isn't stopping anytime soon. Your best bet is to work with the one that gets the most upset/angry and teach them how to ignore.
Posted by Byeugrl
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2017
40 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:52 pm to
Kids are stupid. I used to bite myself, fake cry & blame my brother! He’d get smacked every time… Such a little bitch.
Posted by Richard Grayson
Bestbank
Member since Sep 2022
2149 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:55 pm to
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pretty normal kid behavior?


100% normal.

Limit their electronic time and make them burn energy somehow. Teach them how to handle stress and conflict resolution and how to disengage assholes.

But yeah it’s going to get worse as you daughter becomes a teenager. And then your son becomes one.

Kids feed off negative energy and love getting a reaction from their parents. You have to be better for them.

A good parent will correct them and be patient and show them how to behave until they’re mature enough to grasp and understand your lessons

A shite parents will abuse them or put them on drugs or ignore them
This post was edited on 2/8/23 at 6:57 pm
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:58 pm to
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Punish them both when they fight. Like, put them both in time out for 15 min when they get home if they fight in the car. They will quit.


Sounds good

Didn’t work
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
17680 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:58 pm to
I have 2 brothers. 1 is 1 year older and 1 is 4 years younger. We fought all the time. Mostly wrestling and goofing off. I guess it got heated sometimes, but I think it's normal.

I have a son 18 and daughter 16, they used to really pick at each other, but now that he's out of the house in college, they text, snapchat, instagram (and whatever else kids these days do) all the time. They're really close. I'd just let it run it's course.
Posted by biohzrd
Central City
Member since Jan 2010
5886 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:02 pm to
You’ve never seen a mom and daughter fight it out have you??? Sibling rivalries and fights are one thing, but when you experience the syncing up of the mother daughter periods.......

OOF!!! it gets brutal!!
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6091 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:02 pm to
wear that tail out with a belt. You're too soft.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34081 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:03 pm to
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My son gets bored and starts purposely trying to aggravate anyone who will take the bait.

Why don’t you put a stop to that shite?
Posted by CurDog
Member since Jan 2007
28143 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:09 pm to
My 2 oldest 25 (girl) 21 (boy) still fight about crap all the time. They have very different views of things

Although we joke that son would argue with Jesus just because
Posted by Guzzlingil
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2003
2199 posts
Posted on 2/8/23 at 7:14 pm to
try some discipline...
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