Well well well. where to even start!? for starters, My boyfriend has a 4 year old son, who I absolutley adore. He has a speech issue, that he will soon be entering therapy for, But the real issue is this. When Jaden is with his mother, He has NO structure. NO discpline. and she does not work with him. She also has a 2.5 year old son, ( not my bfs) and that child, can not talk at all.. is far behind on what normal 2 year olds should be at. He points and grunts and screams until they give him what he wants. no one talks to this poor kid, so in return, she is not working with the 4 year old either, and he is learning that if his little brother can get away with things, by screaming so can he. now I know alot of you on here are probally anti spanking.. But I and my Bf are FIRM belivers that if speaking to the child or time outs do not work ten a simple pop on the butt or hand is acceptable. she will not do anything with the boy. So hes been hitting, pulling hair.. SCREAMING when he doesnt get his way. When we asked her to please work with him on his flash cards and things, because he is behind... her response was, " I dont have time I work" well excuse me lady. but I WORK and technically he is not even my son, ( tho i treat him as tho he is) and i come home and work with him every day that we have him. we have him thur-sunday.. im just frustrated because I can see him struggling, and when we try to get him to do learning activities he screams and throws a fit and wont do it. weve got to the point where weve had to take things away from him, and not go out to do "fun things" when he wont practice. Its hard on us, but how can the mother not even want to help him learn???
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Welcome to MDC! You won't find many here who agree with hitting a child. But you might want to check the 
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