[amanda007]

I have been having problems parenting my young son. He is 5 years old. Usually he is well behaved and doesnt make any trouble. It seems like he might me going through some kind of stage of rebellion. Is this normal with young boys? Please share any advice you might have.

Thanks amanda007

[meganmommie]

Hey Amanda,
First of all no parents have it all easy. There will be bumps along the road. I have several boys one 6 and one 3 and they are wild. Some days they are well behaved but most of the time just plain crazy. You have to be patient with them but still demanding with the way you want the to behave. Take the advice from the people here that are more expierenced than me. Good luck. Megan

[tiffanylacy3]

Hi Amanda,
I have a 6 year old daughter and a 4 year old son and both have gone through so many stages. My 6 year old was doing the same thing your son is, she was doing so good and was very well behaved and then out of the blue she became this bully. Her pre-k teacher would tell me everyday that she was misbehaving again and would ask me to talk with her. I would do this and the next day would come and she was back to the bad behavior. When she started Kindergarten she started to do a little better and then after maybe a month or two she was back to being bad. Well something was telling me to get her eyes checked, I haven't a clue what kept nagging me about that but I wear glasses and I knew that she may have to wear them but was hoping that she would not have to. Well I took her to the eye doctor that next month, because the doctor was booked until then. We found out that she was near sided and had a stigmatisium in both eyes, really bad. She got her glasses and I'm not lying that Monday after she got her glasses her teacher called me and told me that Lexi was so good that she thought she was a different child. She is doing so much better with her school work and with her behavior.

My son on the other hand is a bottle of energy that I think I'm going to commit myself to the loony bin. But he doesn't have any eye problems he is just full of energy. I hope this helps a little, this was just my experience with my 5 year old.