let children go wild

I know what you mean this sounds like my two younger siblings. I have another younger sister aside from both of those but she does listen most of the time. It's like you tell them to stop jumping around and then the keep doing it. It's like it goes through one ear and comes out the other without them even registering what you told them.

I think they should be disciplined... Because its the only age where you have some control on them, if you let them have it their way they will continue nagging and doing what they shouldn't. I know that it can be very difficult to say the same things to them over and over again and they don't listen, but being their parent you should not give up... Maybe you should try different techniques.

My mom always told me to pick your battles and do not fuss over every little thing that way your kids will not be so likely to just tune out. and do not yell as that just promotes more pretended hearing loss. you want to communicate without a third world war and get your point across. another thing are you respecting your kids because a child knows when he or she is notg respected as a kid and will not be apt to respect you the adult. kids have feelings too and a little sugar sometimes goes farther than all the scolding and naggings in the world. love them respect them and they will hear you.believe me it works.

your kid sounds a bit like me when i was younger. to a certain extent my parents let me get away with it because if i did it and it went wrong then i learnt from the consequences. However they always stopped me fom doing something that would have major consequences. This way i learnt that when they said no they meant it. My friends parents also tried ths, but the effects wernt so great, and she went off the rail for quite some time. The only way that i know of dealing with this, is to make them listen to you, whether that means grounding them or removing privaliges, pocket money etc. This way they will hopefully realise that they need to listen to you and respect your dcisions if they want a comfortable, supportive time at home.