My 18 year old sons sarcasm is driving me nuts!
@ThumpersHeart (15)
United States
January 28, 2007 1:14am CST
I'm a single mom with 3 kids. My 21 year old has her own apartment.. but my 2 sons still live at home. My oldest son just turned 18 and my other son is only 7. The 18 yr. olds sarcasm is driving me nuts! Everything out of his mouth is sarcastic. He thinks he's being fun most of the time. And believe me I've told him more than once that it has stopped being funny about 6 months ago! He is constantly hurting my 7 yr. olds feelings. The 18 yr. old is still only a jr. in High school.. I have tried about everything I can think of to put a stop to this. Taking away privledges.. grounding.. One of the problems is I started back at college so when I can finally work again (I've had to have back surgeries) I will be able to get a good job.. any way he has to watch the youngest while I'm at school. Any ideas?
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
28 Jan 07
I wish I could help you but I kind of know what you are going through, at least with the sarcastic child. My stepson is the same way. He is almost 15. He goes around talking like Adam Sandlar too and singing those songs. It drives me crazy. We have tried everything too. I know you said he was hurting your 7 year olds feelings, but thats it right? Hes not physically hurting him is he. If your son is anything like my stepson your better off trying to explain to the 7 year old why the brother acts that way. Is there any way you can take classes while they are in school? Some colleges have online classes too. That might be something you may want to look into. Do you pay him for watching his brother? If you do, tell him that you will start deducting money from his pay if you get bad reports from the 7 year old. I don't know what else to suggest. Good luck and hang in there.
@ThumpersHeart (15)
• United States
28 Jan 07
I pay him $10 a week.. He only watches him from 3:00 to 4:00 Monday-Thursday. I should start deducting from his pay.. that's a good idea.. and it would save me $$! I've tried to explain it to the 7 year old.. but it's hard cause all he see's is his brother being mean. I've tried to explain it to the 18 yr. old too.. it will get better for maybe a day but then it's right back to where we've started!
