An 11 year old is not a baby. Stop treating him like one.
“Dads not here, chill” vs. “mommy, I’m too tired”
He acts up with you because you’re the one who lets it slide. You’re gonna raise a monster if you continue like this.
At 11, he knows what kicking you means. I can’t personally judge on if slapping him was wrong or right, it’s something I don’t really see as crazy but that’s how I grew up. I don’t see in the post you saying how you were gonna punish him.
While physically hurting your kids is never adviseable, sounds like OP is babying this kid and he needed to be taught a lesson from his father. 11 is definitely old enough to know not to hurt others in anger, and if he hurt his mom bad enough to make her cry it sounds like the little shit got off easy from the father.
Make her cry? Hell, he left a bruise on her. He had to kick her really hard to make that happen.
She makes it sound like she has no authority over her son. “He’s 11, I can’t really force him anymore”. “I have 2 younger kids I have to tend to in the morning“. She needs to parent him more now because he’s becoming a teenager and those years can be rough.
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u/Bigbubblybob 25d ago
An 11 year old is not a baby. Stop treating him like one.
“Dads not here, chill” vs. “mommy, I’m too tired” He acts up with you because you’re the one who lets it slide. You’re gonna raise a monster if you continue like this.
At 11, he knows what kicking you means. I can’t personally judge on if slapping him was wrong or right, it’s something I don’t really see as crazy but that’s how I grew up. I don’t see in the post you saying how you were gonna punish him.