Liar liar

Gaaaahhh! I could just flip my lid!

My boy (  has been doing such an awesome job with his homework that over the past couple of weeks I have been allowing homework time to be more self guided for him. A complete relief for me, because my first grader (who gets excellent grades) needs me to sit with her.

Tonight I told him to do his homework. I watched him pull it out from his back pack and set it out. I then went to work with my daughter. 20 minutes later he comes asking me if he can play a video game. I asked if he'd finished. He looked me straight in the eye and said EXACT quote "I finished it all, Mom". So I let him play.

One hour after bedtime he comes up into the kitchen where I'm prepping for our t day, and he says he forgot to do his homework! I told him he was grounded from the games tomorrow and would have to go to bed early for lying and not doing his homework. He then tried to argue and lie more to me. He

I am so mad! He was having such problems with lying last year, I just don't want to lose all the progress he's made. Up until recently I've really had to keep watch because he hasn't seemed to care about rules, honesty or obedience. All he wants is the prize at the end regardless of whether he has achieved it.

My other kids do not lie. They do not steal, and they are able to control themselves and treat each other with respect.

What do I do to stop this behavioral pattern? It pours into all facets of his life!! He now has to sit with his desk attached to his teachers desk and separate from the rest of the classroom because of his behavioral problems.

Anyone else out there with kids who have a complete disregard for rules and honesty?

  he's a kid... I would have asked to see the homework before I let him play, especially since u know he's been known to lie about doing things... I treat my kids like they are guilty untill they prove innocent...

That's the way I typically do things. It just got really crazy tonight. DH was feeling sick and couldn't help with dinner and my baby refused to take a nap. I am just so worried that he is going to slip back into old ways.

I prob would have been happy he had enough sense to come out and say he needed help doing his homework... even if he did lie...

<blockquote><b>Quoting DeanJade&Maksims Momma:</b>" I prob would have been happy he had enough sense to come out and say he needed help doing his homework... even if he did lie..."</blockquote>




That wasn't it at all. He wanted to stay up late! He waited until after bedtime and got jealous because his younger sister had to stay up a little late studying for phonograms.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Safka9973:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting DeanJade&Maksims Momma:</b>" I prob would have been happy he ... [snip!] ... He waited until after bedtime and got jealous because his younger sister had to stay up a little late studying for phonograms."</blockquote>




Lol, I learned a looong time ago, to not make 1 kid go to bed and not the other, dean would fight tooth and nail, if it ment staying up 10 more mins... every1 goes to bed at the same time because that was deans MO like 2 years ago...

Doesn't work well for my kids. Also, my 8 year old seems to need more sleep than the others. When he doesn't get a good nights rest he is careless with himself (hurts others frequently), gets very moody, and has a hard time focusing.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Safka9973:</b>" Doesn't work well for my kids. Also, my 8 year old seems to need more sleep than the others. When he ... [snip!] ... get a good nights rest he is careless with himself (hurts others frequently), gets very moody, and has a hard time focusing."</blockquote>



My oldest has adhd and odd so I know how that goes, he dosnt physically hurt himself or others but he's verbally more aggressive... and when his meds start wearing off for the day he already knows he just needs to hop in shower and go lay down...   its tough