slap some respect into ur son before u shut the wife up and tell her to ******* learn to be part of the parent team and not distort the authority figure in the child's view.

So who wears the pants in this family? You need two "sit down" talks. First with the wife and second with the son. And the second one might just include a butt kicking as an example of how unfair bullying can be just because you're bigger than the other guy. Perhaps then you're ready for a family discussion? Never had one? Why not?

it's called marriage. Wait for the sweet release of death

Wife's a bitch! A wife should always back up her husband even if she disagrees talk about it later. Then second man up don't ever let ur child speak to you with such ways and hate don't u know my mother would of slapped me a crossed the face.

Ahhh the perks of being a man

LOL @ everyone saying "whoop his ass" or "spank him"! The submitter is from Sweden, and any form of child abuse is highly illegal, and can potentially land you in jail. There's a reason it's outlawed, and that reason is because it is child abuse. Everyone who encourages such barbaric attitudes towards child rearing is ridiculous. My parents never spanked me or my 2 siblings. Neither of them were spanked. In fact, we never got yelled at, either My boyfriend wasn't, either. My grandparents weren't, and neither were my great grandparents. I don't plan on hurting my future children, either. Why? Because they knew a thing or two about child psychology. Any parent who doesn't read about child psychology before becoming a parent doesn't deserve having children. Abusing your child by hitting them anywhere can cause serious mental damage, even if they don't voice it. It causes them to become more depressed, have self-esteem issues, have a lack of trust, and resent their parents. I'm a major in psychology and have been studying it outside of school since I was 13. I know what I'm talking about. I've worked with several children who were from abusive homes or had abusive parents. There is a very, very thin line between discipline and abuse, so you have to make sure you're doing it right. The best thing this poor man could do is talk to his child, and listen. Have an open conversation about why the son feels the need to hurt others, why it's wrong, and what he can do to make it better. If parents really cared about their children, they would talk to them about troubles more often. Most western parents, like in America, just hit their child and expect them to understand why it's not okay to get hit, why it's not okay to hit others, why what they did was wrong, why they shouldn't do it again, etc. There have been waaay too many studies to show that spanking is abuse, and absolutely NONE to show that it is effective. Now that you all have been educated, good day. :) OP, good luck with your son. Remember that there's an underlying problem with his bullying and that needs to be made aware.

yay,u did somehting abt it to him!!

at least you're actually paying attention to his bullying and doing something about it. tell your wife to do the same.

Parenting you're bad at it

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