Oh he drives me nuts!

[DUCKGIRL89]

We (my 5 year old brother a I) were out gathering wood for the fireplace and my brother came to me and said "Madison! Your ducklings need to die!" So I said "why?" Then he said "because you love them tooooo much!" And I said "thats no reason for them to need to die!" And he said, "if you dont sell them im gonna kill them" and I went nuts! And tryed to tell my mom and she didnt do a thing about it! She didnt even care! And he also throws rocks at the big ducks for no reason, and sprays them with the hose. Again I tell my mom, and still ..... NOTHING!.... hes driving me insane! And I cant stand him! And he gets me in trouble ALL the time.... Cause he hates my ducks!...... WHY!?

(sorry, just need someone to help calm me down!)

 

[lowry075]

It sounds like he wants some of the attention you pay to the ducks and other animals. Negative attention is better than none to a child so young. Be patient, I know it is hard. Try asking him to help you with the animals, if he is given a part of their care, and it gets him time with you, he may stop being a pain.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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I tryed that, and ge still continues to be a jerk to them, and they are now afraid of me

 

[Johndeere96]

If that was my little brother I'd give him a slap on the face

 

[thekid]

That just makes me mad, I would say " How would you like to have rocks thrown at you, or squirted with a squrit gun" And if I caught him doing it I would do what he was doing to the ducks to him.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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If I did he would cry and tell my mom and I would get in trouble..... As I always do..... Hes a little brat!

 

[FarmerGrant011]

hes five... just tell them that ducks have secret powers and they beat up people they don't like

haha but seriously, when my brother threw a rock at my chickens, I threw my rooster at him. He never messed with them again.

 

[HeatherLynn]

That would so earn a spanking in my house. Very sorry. Is it the 5 year old that says this? If so they struggle with empathy at times. I have found it useful with my youngest son to turn it to somethign he cares about. He takes something of my daughters and breaks it. I don't actually go break his toy but I will grab his favorite toy and ask him how he would feel if his sister broke it and she could never play with it again. As a generaly rule the lip sticks out and he starts getting upset. Then I ask him how he thinks his sister feels now that he just did that to her toy. As a general rule this helps. If he has consistantly been allowed to act this way he will only get worse. Consistantly instilling that empathy can fix the problem. Takes time. I am a mom and I am not sure why its ok with your mom.

 

[Mother_Hen2011]

hahaha I had 3 sisters so brothers I know nothing about lol

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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I have no idea why its ok with her either. She doesnt really care about my ducks, and only likes her chickens for eggs. Otherwise she hates the darn dinky things. I love her chickens though.