Original Title: How to handle a back-talking kid?


Hi

My boy is now 9yo and I notice that he back-talk a lot these days. He wasn't like that last time. Sometimes, he was even louder than us. Some ppl say that's part of growing up, especiall for boys. Is that true? How to overcome that? Pls... I need advice :idea:

Hello seniors, I am a newbie. Due to medical reason, my husband and I decided to stop at one. I work part-time to take care of my boy (I work when he is in sch) as I believed that no one else could do the job better than I.


I am proud to say that he is now a v independent boy who does his homework without supervision. In fact, he even help me with housework. He is not selfish too, always helping his classmate with their homework. In fact, he is keen to share his things with neighbours and friends. Once, he even lend part of his pocket money to his classmate and told him 'got $ then return me, no hurry'.

People tend to have stereotyped view of a single child and I think it's unfair to them. Of course, mine do have his fair share of tantrums like any other kid. While chit-chatting with other parents with more than one kids, I found out that mine behaves just like theirs. The only difference is ... since mine has no sibling, he may sometimes say 'daddy or mummy, play with me'.

In some ways, single child are blessed. Some studies show that they tend to do well in school (I hope it's true).

So long as we bring up our kid well, we have done our job as parents.