When children argue with moms!

it's sad really and it breaks my heart whenever i get into arguments with my children. Moms really mean it well when we try to say something to our kids but when we have teenagers and grown up kids with us, it is doubly hard. When commented on their behaviour, they often fold up or break down or even shout back at you. Anyway, these are the challenges a mom should face. For me though, it's sometimes useless to argue with our kids. We just have to enforce our authority over them with the hope that someday they will realize that no parent would want something bad to happen to their kids. And we always their welfare in our heart - no exceptions.

Hi, my daughters like to pick on me, too. Better me though than somebody else. That might put my children into trouble. dhawanbm, children do care. They prolong petty issues because they have nothing else to discuss yet. They aren't mature enough to tackle adult arguments. Let them grow. That is a mom's duty. Might cause us pain, but hey, what is a mother for? We got to live with our children's trifles.

I do not tolerate my children arguing with me. If I tell them it is time for bed if they question it they lose a privilege. They are only five years old so it is easier done than say with a teenager. But the thing is they are learning now that it is not acceptable to argue with mom. We count bad behavior, they have till the count of three to stop doing what ever is being counted, if I start counting and they argue with me or give me reasons for why they are doing what they are doing, they go right to time out, lose a privilege etc. If they ask me why when I tell them to clean their room, or they can not stay up late, I count them. Again it is a mater of not letting the children do this.

I have no idea where you live, but in my area the mothers say plenty...and usually get their way! Besides, discussions like this give a bad reputation to kids. Not all kids are like that, and even though children are obstinate not all of them are petty issues. Sure, I fought with my mother about a lot of things (and trust me, she did ALL the screaming, so she can definitely say things to her kids!), but I always choose my battles. For example, at 17 she tried to impose a curfew of 9 and yelled at me for not being in at 9 when I was saying goodbye to a friend that was heading off to college. Yeah, we had an argument. Yes, I also won, too. Kids aren't always intolerable and it's quite unfair to lump them all together and say such.