Smart mouth
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Brendan turned 7 in early February and boy does he have a smart mouth on him here lately. It's not just this last month or so more like months but it's gotten worse and I'm not sure how to put an end to it.
I've taken away priviledges, sat him in his room, griped, explained just what a "smart mouth" is and he even got a spanking for his mouth and disrespect the other day...
Anyone deal with this or dealing with this now? HOw do I handle this because I'm at my wits end with it?
Mine will get smart from time to time, but they usually just lose privileges, or have to give us a dime or something from their spend banks. I hope someone here has advice for you, so here's a *bump* 
We did the old "wash your mouth out with soap" thing on my 7 year old (i didn't realize smart mouths came with that age!)
It did work, for a while, but to be honest I forgot about that trick till now. I'll have to remember that next time he mouths off.
Is he saving money for anything in particular?
My kids were saving up for a Nintendo DS. So I developed a point system for them. If they were good, did what they were told, cleaned up their rooms etc. with out me reminding them to they would get so many points. But if they mouthed off, didn't listen to what I told them to do, etc. I took points away.
They each needed 50 points to get the DS's. Let me tell you it took them probably over a month to get 50 points, and they had to pay for 1/2 of the DS. The point system worked, when they WANTED something.
For a while after they got the DS"s , I would ask or tell ds to do something for me and he'd say "i'm not earning points anymore, i got my ds" as if to say that he didn't have to do what I said.
Of course I reminded him that mommy pretty much did everything else, it would be nice if he helped out. Oh, and the DS is a privilege that can and will be taken away if he doesn't earn that privilege.
I don't know if this gave you any ideas. I hope someone else can help.
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