More like a loud brat. But he must've heard someone else said it enough times to go around repeating it. I wouldn't blame him at all, but mom and dad certainly should hear about his little catch phrase.

Okay Reese Witherspoon

Sassy is putting it mildly! Next time (if there is one), don't let him think it's okay to talk to you like that. It's totally understandable that you were shocked, but if it happens again and he isn't spoken to, you're inadvertently reinforcing that kind of behavior. He needs to know it's unacceptable to speak to an adult so disrespectfully. You're in charge! Make sure they know it. When in doubt, tell them Santa's watching. Shuts kids up like no other.

#45 instead of santa, tell him the monster in the basement likes to eat little kids that swear and stay up late.

Yeah well, how'd that go? "Hey, your kid told me to eat a dick and I let him stay up because I couldn't put up with a six-year old. But I expect you to do sth about it now that it is way to late and the kid already felt like he could do to me whatever he wants. So... when should I come by next time?"

This is a major YDI to me. OP should've told him it was rude to speak like that and that his parents would be hearing about it. Then OP should've put the kid to bed and mentioned it to the parents later. If he absolutely refused to go to bed and continued to get out of bed and yell crude things at you, then you call the parents and have them speak with him or threaten to come home and discipline him. If you let a 6 yr old walk all over you than maybe you shouldn't be babysitting. Hope you feel more confident next time OP. You're the one in control. :)

I agree. Why should the kid get away with that behavior. I would rather know, as a parent, than not and find out my kid is behaving this way.

You've never babysat before, have you?

it doesnt matter what the kid says. no kid is going to willingly go to bed. the kid should have been sent to bed no matter what he says. OP was wrong to allow the kid to stay up and wrong again to not tell the parents what was said.

lol!!! that should totally not be funny but it totally was i cant stop laughing!! :D

While he does deserve a spanking, it's not generally advisable to give other people's children a beating.

I wouldn't do that either, he's not your kid, do not use physical punishment, regardless of the reason. Call the kid's parents, or threaten to call the kid's parents, tell him that that kind of language isn't nice, never lay your hands on someone else's child

Spanking another person's kid is unacceptable. Anything beyond spanking is most likely illegal.

That sounds a little pedophileish

You don't discipline other peoples kids unless they give you explicate permission.

5 said BEST, not beat. For those that don't understand the term... It means to defeat or outwit. It was being used as a verb.

That would be what we call a typo.

Stop trying to be smart, its not working. He totally meant to say beat his ass, not best his ass. besting someone is an expression, besting their ass is not.

Because you "like totally know" what the commenter was meaning. I don't have to try to be smart dear, try checking a dictionary before you check me.

I agree the only reason he acts like that is because he knows he can get away with she just needed to put him in his place I'm sure the parents would understand

#9 You must have no idea. The only thing a kid respects are lollipops and TV time.

Oh hun. Kids don't even respect their parents (since the parents give them whatever they want to shut them up) so why would they respect a stranger ordering them around?

Because babysitting is not ordering a kid around, its being a second parent. You don't stand there and bark orders at them, you play and spend time with them, and get them to do what needs to be done. If you just sit there and tell kids what to do and expect them to listen, well you're not a very good baby sitter.

You guys must be terrible at baby sitting. If you know how to manipulate kids, you can easily earn their respect. Kids like to challenge others because they believe they can get away with it. Out wit a kid and show them they can't and they'll respect you. My mom deals with troubled kids all the time. They respect her more than their own parents and she's never laid a hand on them.

"Opening a can of whoop ass" on someone else's kid is usually frowned upon even if he deserved it.

Like masturbating on an airplane, thanks Osama.

And let them discipline him too.

When a six-year old boy tells you to eat a dick, lets see how you react.

you react by telling them its rude to talk like that and then send the kid to bed. you tell the kids parents when they get home.

And of the kid continues to be disrespectful as a last resort you can call the parents.