Is it normal for an eight year old to act like this?

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His sister is 13. He's my nephew. I am at my sister's house a lot, so I see him and his sister on a regular basis.

He criticizes his sister about the stupidest things. I bought her a Kindle for Christmas last year and he blessed her out for getting the Bible on it. He blesses her out for using the Internet. He acts like a little angel in front of his mother. He is selfish. Once, I slept over at his sister's house because I had to work at an early hour the next day, and I didn't want to drive for an hour to work. He screamed, yelled, and played with a toy car until 12:00. I was babysitting him once, and I threw away food he left out for 30 minutes. There had been a fly on it. He blessed me out for that, so I put him in his room. He behaved after that. He steals and lies constantly. IIN?

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  • thanksforthefreecar
    11 years ago | pl

    What does blessed out mean?

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    • kapiko
      11 years ago

      Cussed him out.

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  • Zeldamaniac
    11 years ago

    Smack his fucking face

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  • Nokiot9
    8 years ago

    An eight year old? Sounds like he need a friggin father figure to set his ass straight. Too many parents don't take this shit seriously and think it's cute and their kids end up being an absolute terror, left up to the school system and criminal justice system to deal wih later. It may sound extreme, but little bastards like that grow up to be some of the worst examples of human beings. Stuck u boot in his ass while it'll still do some good.

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    Hitting is the knee jerk position on parenting here - ignore it. No hitting - that just makes things worse.

    Misbehaviour is the issue. Take twenty minutes to acquaint yourself with a few child development resources nearby (at the school, family Dr, health department etc.). Talk to your sister about the child's misbehaviour. Get an idea of what she thinks it is about and how she wants to deal with it.

    If you think it appropriate ask her to go together to get some advice on managing the child's behaviour. It is no big deal to get advice and can solve a lot of problems.

    If not, at least get on the same page about what a FEW simple and key rules are and consequences. Explain them to the child. (We eat together at dinner time, bedtime is ____ swearing, stealing etc is not acceptable and means a time out). Keep it simple. Then stick to it.

    Also make sure the child isn't acting out (which is likely) because he's tired, hungry, been ignored for ages and has had no positive loving attention, there is little routine, or he is ill.

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  • zariena28
    11 years ago

    Sounds like he needs a good beating on his balls.
    Nut beating always works

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  • drugsrbadmkay
    11 years ago

    Sounds perfectly normal if he's mommy's little angel who would "never do ANYTHING wrong". The parents need to set some boundaries and discipline him before it's too late.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    I am also not sure what you mean when you say 'blessed you out.'

    He does sound like a rotten child though who could use a good butt beating.

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    Children are devilish. He will change when he grows up.

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