OT ~ Blahh, Blahh, blahh

Hello all of you Virginian parents.  I just wanted to know am I the only mom that their kids do not listen to? It look around me every where I go and I see parents with kids who listen to them. I have a problem with getting my 2 boys to listen to me. My boys tune me out all the time. Blahh Blahh Blahh is all they here me say. I feel like I am a adult from the peanuts cartoon. Do you all remember how the teachers, parents etc talked in Charlie Browns world? Bla, bla, blahh blahhh. Let me give you an example... What I say... Casey, please go brush your teeth. What he hears... Casey, Blahh, go, Blahh, your Blahh. AHHHHHGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think they are going to drive me crazy! Ok, I have vented on you all and I feel so much better, that is until I go out to the kitchen and ask my boys to go clean their rooms...... thanks for listening! Cath

TRUST ME you are not alone! My 2 are soooo defiant (I have NO idea where they get it from ) My 6 year old acts as if the inaudible noises (grunts and sighs) she makes will actually make me say "oh I will take care of it" but instead it makes it worse. Lovely how SHE will correct my 2 year old for the very things she does wrong and now my 2 year repeats my 6 year old correcting her. So, the 2 year does something like spills Goldfish or drops something and the 6 year says OH MY GOD NORA! So, now Nora drops them on purpose and corrects her own self! Sooooo funny! Kayla and Nora both are dramatic about things that are really senseless.  I will say though that now I get to bargin with Kayla. For example, I'm a STRONG advocate of removal of items that might shall we say cause her to "freak out." She got a note about chitty chat in school this past Wed so I broke it down for her.  back talking, must do her chores, no more notes from school for a SOLID week or NO Leapster, no new Leapster game, no park time 3x's a week after school, no friends to play with, no TV and best of all NO computer time! Dontcha know the gal has been sweet as blackberry jam???

It is good to know that I am not alone... God love em...I may complain about them, but I could not imagine my life without them... Cath

I am with you...my kiddos are 4 yo and 6 yo and well...tend to have hearing deficits pretty frequently.  I have learned to turn off or take away whatever is distracting them so they will hear me...but, to actually get them to LISTEN to what I have said...that is a whole different story.  ;-)   It usually takes 3 or more requests before I have to demand that they do what I asked...or else....  Got to love it. How old are your kids? 

 My boys are 12 and 9. My 12yr old is ADD which makes it even harder for him to focus on what we are saying. The doctor tells us that he really can not help it, even with his meds, he still has trouble focusing on his task. My 9yr old is just plain old strong willed. He has been that way sense the day he was born!!! He came out of me demanding his way or the high way! 9 years later, and things has not changed a bit.

I'm right there with you!! My six year old....ugh well what can I say.  He is just like the rest.  I feel like he has ear plugs in.  I have had his hearing tested....lol.  Just to be sure.    Anna

Maybe it is the male species selective hearing problem that my husband has. cath

Oh do  I remember these days..Mine are older now 12,15,17 and trust me it's still is going on in this house..and now that I think of it..it's harder now then when they were younger..not so many things to put on there "not" list to get them to do things..grrrrrrr

Thanks for the encouraging words!! Its nice to know that it does not get much better.... Cath

So sorry..I do know some kids do better with it then mine did..I think alot on my end was having there dad gone plenty of times (military) and them thinking they ruled the house because they were the "men" of the house as family members kept telling them..I NOW make sure they know they are there to help me but are not the rulers of the house..if that makes sence..lol