Cheater!!!

I'm not really sure about this. From the bit of his life I know of, I think this is a desperate cry for attention. Living in an unstable situation like he does, being shuffled from one house to another and being pitted against his parents is very difficult for a child so young to have to endure. Cheating in class is minor to the problems I think this boy is going to cause later in life. He's having trouble finding a coping mechanism, and to a young child, acting out is their way of coping. I don't mean to make you feel guilty, it could very well be his own mother's fault for the things she's doing to him. Does his school have a psychiatrist? Speaking to them may be of some help. Also, from my experience and what I've learned over the years, it's best to down play bad behavior in a situation like this. If he's acting out for attention, and he actually gets attention, then that's feeding the fire. If his bad behavior is ignored he will not be inspired to continue it. In the future when you hear of him doing something out of character, do not yell or rant or even talk to him. Send him to his room to be alone to think about what he did. But give more attention when he's actually behaving. He will soon learn that doing the right thing gets him far more attention than doing the wrong thing.

Sometimes a hit on the buttocks is necessary to make a child learns something about the morals in life. Nowadays we tend to be too generous with our kids, and sometimes we are too gentle on them. They never experience any hardships like we did when we were in childhood times. As a normal rule, people generally learns from his own life experience. The same thing goes with a child. When he is hit, he will know that his act is seriously disapproved by you. And you have to be firm with your decision. Never make him think you are playing games with him. But you at the same time you have to make sure he doesn't think you don't love him anymore. It is hard to bring up a child. Actually it really depends on the child himself. What is his perception towards certain attitude. If he is a negative person, it would be much difficult to teach him a lesson of life by hitting. Maybe the best is try to refer to the counselor. He may be able to offer you several more solutions than what I am giving you.

Man, thats a tough one. I would try to teach him the reasons behind not doing that and build up his sense of pride and achievement in his OWN work. Has he explained at all why he feels that he needs to cheat to get ahead. At this age you never really can tell if there is a reason or they are just being little stinkers. Make him understand this is not okay now nor will it ever be okay. I usually make my kids write me a report on the why, what was wrong with it and how can it be better or writing sentences. I am not sure about the best discipline on it, but mostly he needs to really understand why its not okay and own his action.

If it was the first time it would be different, but since he has done it before he knows that it was wrong then and it is still wrong. I guess the proper punishment would depend on what type of punishment he normally gets. Having privileges taken away might be a good way to punish him. I would also try to find out what was bothering him so much that he forgot the words. My son is in 3rd grade. He has never been caught cheating, but I know he has test anxiety that causes him to do poorly on tests. He does especially bad if he is already stressed about something.

Cheating is very similar to stealing. I would think that a punishment similar to lying or stealing is appropriate. We ounce had the same issue with my son and we hada very long discussion about honor,courage, and commitment. Then he was just grounded.

I don't think you should punish him. Just talk to him; ask him if he really did cheat, if that was his intention. Then give him gentle reminders of why cheating is not a good thing to do and cite real-life consequences, like always being dependent on other people and not being able to survive on his own. Teach him to be self-reliant and to take risks - he may be right or wrong on the test, and that's fine, as long as he did his best to pass.

i think you will just have to talk to your kid and make him understand that he does not have to cheat in order to get good grades or something,, make him understand he is intelligent, and smart and it feels good or rather better for him to pass if he knows it is his own answers. i think punishing him will only make him rebel and do more of what is not allowed.

I think a good old fashion punishment should work like "No T.V." "Early Bedtimes" "No Friends" "Extra Housework." All of these punishments worked on me when I was a kid. My son is only 16 months, so I have a ways before I have to start worrying about punishments, but I think I'll try to stick to the old school methods when we get there. Good luck.

I think the child just wanna make sure that he spelled the words correctly that's why he was looking at other child's paper. A teacher's reaction (I am a teacher so I know) when somebody is looking at other's paper, she'll get mad and will say automatically he/she is cheating. But for a 1 st grader, it is very seldom that they know it was cheating. Have you tried to talk to your stepson? He should have reasons why he did that. I suggest you talk to him first and ask him why he did that. The child may not know or may not understand what he did.

its all the same we all have been there and done it. just need to keep reminding him its ok if he needs help snd tell him if he needs to tell his teather he does not under stand it and also other kids could be making it hard for him to focus on his work by maybe teaseing him take at your P.T.A. meetings and see if maybe he needs the exter help he maybe needs it and thats why he chests so he does not think that he can do it. also does not want tolet him self down and others so just take the time to make sure if thats what it is and he will i am sure get the hang of it and start doing his own work well i hope i helped some

The logical reasons I can think of for cheating... given that your facts are acurate... is that he forgot under pressure... wanted to finish quickly... or thought it was cool. Corrective responses... any time he cheats in anything you should correct it... board games, video games, sports... it may seem cute... but if you allow it there.. then why is it wrong in school. Also, he may be afraid of getting a bad grade, to correct this I would talk with his teacher and if he is caught cheating... perhaps he should get an F... better to get them in the lower grades where he can make up for it than later when he can't. Is he cheating off of the same person? Is it a girl? Take these things in to perspective also.