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Originally Posted by Jolly Johnny
Look, in all honesty, your kid is six years old, what were you expecting?
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When my kid was six I expected him to behave. If he didn't, he got punished. That eventually taught him that behaving was the best course of action.
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Think about it, didn't you do the same when you were six? I know I did, and to be honest, almost everyone of my school did.
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Yes, and my parents punished me and I soon figured out not to do those sorts of things.
Bullshit. This is the line used by parents who are too lazy to correct their children's behavior.
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except those who do nothing, no kid wants to be friends with those ones.
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I don't know what kind of school you have your kids in but when I was 6 you didn't have to be a little hooligan to be liked.
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If you are worried about his future, from my example and the ones with whom I've kept contact with, no one turned a criminal, no drugs, no drunkards, just regular hard working people. (Actually, much more hard working than those friendless I've said above.)
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Hey great, you and 20 people you know, out of 300 MILLION people in the country, haven't killed anyone yet. That doesn't mean you should just let things go.
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Just take it naturally, because it is natural.
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And undesirable by society. Teach the kids young to behave. Just because the kid doesn't grow up to be a criminal doesn't mean he hasn't grown up to be an asshole.
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Don't take hard punishments on him, just make him see that whatever he trashes, he has to repair, that he is the one to hold responsible for his actions. In your case, the best would be making him repair the bathroom.
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That's just silly. A 6 year old doesn't even have the motor skills to do handyman work. Since this was a school bathroom, 1) the janitor's already cleaned it up and 2) the school wouldn't LET him repair the bathroom for liability reasons.