Its my pleasure. Me too, just want you to know you are not alone on this one. We shall learn as we go. My son is 15 years old 6'0 and 250+lbs I wish that his brother would have waited a little while before joining the Army and being married. I am not good at being a man..lol lucky for me I don't have too. I

Stephen is loud and clear in how he says his spotty words. I was brought to my attention that he only uses them in helping in communication. If you really listen to people and pay attention and not just focus on the profanity but listen to the power of expression they pick up on that more closely than we do. I try not to focus too much on his spotty mouth but why he has to use them. To me it is an old expression..where does mom keep her goat tied???..lol

True. When Stephen says those words he definately gets an arousel from me..lol Now, he got into saying woman. Woman I am not going to take a shower. Deep down inside I am laughing hysterically because when I was his age I used to say that to my mom. I hear Stephen acting more and more like me every day. So one aspect it is hard for me to correct him but on the other I will not teach him disrespect either. I try to tell him that it hurts my feelings and he hurts people by saying that and it is not nice. Sometimes he listens but here lately he has been good. Now that I have said that I Jinks myself..lol

Yes he does, and he loves you; even if he has trouble showing it. The important thing is to reach out and find those resources. Go to my Team and check out the links posted just a few hours ago by a therapist that deals with kids our children's ages. His comment shows that this type of behavior is common too. I know I have many short-comings but maybe, just maybe; this isn't all my fault.
Oh yeah, I should probably forewarn you that I say it just like it is, without any sugar coating. If I post saying I want to strangle Nick, don't worry, he'll survive. The fact is ALL parents want to wring their kids' necks at some point. It just gets multiplied when they don't "outgrow" the tantrums lol! Here's hoping some of those links can help us. Hope they can help you too!

I tell Stephen like it is. Every morning before he gets on the bus we have a list that we go through such as; no hitting, no slapping, keeping hands to self and no potty mouth words just a name a few. Then I tell him that if I hear you doing those things then he gets advised of loosing tv time, going to bed an hour early or my favorite now that it is getting close to christmas that he might be put on the naughty list. His answer will be "OK OK Mom, I will be good." Sometimes desperate measures come upon me and I have to use "don't make me call grandma." because he wants grandma to think that he is a good boy and he is; it is just he also tries my patience to see what he can get away with. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't I have to be on my toes at all times...lol Now, the slapping and hitting at home is just cause he wants to play. I tell him to talk and say he wants to play instead of hitting and slapping and he said that someone else starts it. A lot of times he just doesn't like being the only child so he finds people to blame it on. Like for instance; My boyfriend's son comes in the house Stephen will try to blame things on him while he is there visiting..lol He is to funny sometimes (Stephen) but I just try to do the best I can..Hope you find answers you are looking for.