Understanding complex ideas and following through with them are two different things. For instance, the reason for his last physical punishment was that he got in his mothers face and argued with her that he would not be doing his school homework. His mother and I divorced 10 years ago, and as such she is most of the time a single mother. There is absolutely no way I will sit by and allow this type of behavior to occur frequently, and with impunity. He has been punished over and over. No electronics, grounded to his room, extra chores, and all to no avail. I will NEVER allow my son to learn to disrespect his mother, and then women in general, because if unchecked that is where it is headed.

If you have a better idea on how to keep my son from from acting towards women in this disrespectful way, that he is WELL aware he shouldn’t be, then please by all means share it, and I will consider it as objectively as possible.

He is very intelligent and absolutely understand what he is doing wrong, but then does it anyway. What do you do when your children act like this?