what is a good disiplinary tactic for 13 year old?

Question

I have a 13 year old son who contantly teases his younger brother, does not do his chores, does thing that he knows are wrong. When you speak to him over something he has done wrong he has this smirk on his face,like he knew what he was doing and he could care less about what you have to say. You can ground him from going out or items and it doesnt phase him. He is argumentative. He puts off everything he two siblings do everything they are suppose to and follow all the rules.

This is a constant thing. My husband and I are pulling our hair out. We have run out of ideas. He is disruptive to everyone in this house

Answer 1

Boot Camp sounds good, or try Judge Hatchet, shes good with these sort of situations. If you tell him he will be on the next episode and ALL of his friends will see him maybe that will scare him a bit.

Answer 2

I am a 13yr old girl, and my mom tells me I am THE WORST. She obviously hasn't met your son. Anyways, sounds like you didn't discipline him enough in the first place. Most teenagers are music-obsessed, take away his boombox. Take away his computer or television privileges. If you've tried these things, he probably just wants attention, or he might even be depressed. You should talk with him about what's bothering him. Whatever you do, don't come up to him and tell him that you think it's cuz he's vying for attention, we HATE it when you assume. Just ask him what's on his mind.

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Keep in mind I said MIGHT be depressed, your son might need to go to some sort of bootcamp. Either he's just one of those listened to to much punk and decided to be nonresponsive to discipline kinda kids, or his ego's to big to talk to you about stuff. Trust me no one knows more about a teenagers' mind than a teenager. Maybe he got to much family time and just want's you to back off a little. Once againg, agreeing with the other answerers, he might need bootcamp. But maybe you should consider that you don't know what all is going on in your son's mind, just maybe. You should call it to a vote to see what other people think.

Answer 3

Sounds to me like he needs some kind of teenage bootcamp. There are some intervention programs that help teenagers get over themselves. Sort of like a scared straight program. You can browse the website and see what kind of program is available.



These programs help teenagers with whatever it is they are going through and help remind them that the word is much bigger than their teenager egos.

Answer 4

Bootcamp!