I can relate! My DS8 gets out of control sometimes in his rudeness to his family, and it slowly creeps up so I don't notice how bad it's gotten. I find that the only thing that really gets him to respond is to make his bedtime earlier in 15 minute increments for infractions. This deprives him of whatever it is he wants to do, since he just has to go to bed. This also seems to be helpful in getting him extra sleep, which makes him more pleasant anyway.

I have heard great things about this book, and I keep meaning to check it out at the library: Transforming the Difficult Child or wait, was it this book? Living with Intensity

Last edited by st pauli girl; 04/30/12 02:37 PM.