My six year old son keeps getting into trouble at school and I am not quite sure how to handle it.....?

something is going on with him that makes him think he needs to steal..and it sounds as though he is doing it for attention..how much attention do you give just to him ...your husband and you should have some time with just him..play a board game make some special date up with him...and talk....talk about what is going on at school how he disrespects older people..and then talk about punishments and how this is not acceptable.and then follow thru on those punishments and no wimpy punishments either..take a toy away that he loves..such as a ds or an ipod...make him sweat it out for a week without those items or no tv...read a book lay on the bed ....and if all else fails give him a spanking...on his butt...dont beat him there is a difference..give him chores to keep those idle hands busy...make him work it off..and if none of this works..he may need counseling

Take away privileges for his bad behavior. Tell him that because he cannot behave himself in school and is disrespectful, he will not be playing games/watching tv/whatever until his attitude changes. Have him earn these things instead of grounding him for a while then giving everything back. While he's not having fun, he can write apologies to his teacher and be his grandma's helper after school and on weekends. Volunteering as a family could also help him develop some sense of responsibility and accomplishment. Soup kitchens and the Salvation Army are probably looking for volunteers right now. For stealing, take him to return the money/object to the owner himself. Six year olds are also not well known for their tact and being frustrated brings out very interesting things in them. My cousin one year (he was about five or six) at Thanksgiving asked a guest when he was "every gonna leave" not especially polite, but he was tired. Let your son know that it's okay to be frustrated by someone, tell him his actions are frustrating you, but there are better ways to get things worked out than talking back. And, to the people who recommend spanking: that is not going to teach him anything, except that it's okay to hit people when he's angry.

Maybe you are not punishing this tearaway properly. If there are no consequences for this disgusting behaviour just because hes on the honour role he may think its ok.

At six the honour role is not what it is at 16 so you need to put your foot down. Start taking away privileges like watching tv buy him a set of school books for home so every time he is bad he spends his evening alone studying thinking about his behaviour.

I notice your use of poor behaviour instead of bad, if he says something that hurts your mothers feelings intentionally then this is not poor its bad! its no wonder he takes that behaviour out of the house.

Managing your child's behaviour will save his life one day and smothering him in love instead of dealing with the issues is not doing him any favours

Discipline is very difficult to apply in our lives, not to run red lights, obeying street laws, and social compliance, and integrity are very difficult because there is no one to tell you when you have done wrong, except when you are caught, then you are having to pay tickets, and perhaps go to jail. Later on they will probably commit harsher crimes.

Discipline must be taught at a very you age, as early as infancy. If they are not taught by the parents who will teach them? The school? A counselor?

You must find a way to discipline, spend quality time with your child, and each time spent teach them the rights and wrongs of life, then when they are commiting these wrongs, remove what rewards you give them when they do right.

Model good behavior.

Tell them what mistakes that you learned the hard way because you would not learn from your own parents.

Most of all, pray to God for help, and the strength to overcome.

Pray for your son, I will.

He needs to be taught discipline, and it should have started when he was a toddler. The fact that he has two younger siblings doesn't give him the right to behave disrespectfully. He needs rules and boundaries and there needs to be consequences when he oversteps those boundaries.

child study,he needs something to do i had the same problem but he is good now have him do extra stuff: help cook, passed the drinks at dinner,help pick out his clothes in the for school ect

have you tried talking to him?

he might be having problems or feeling depressed [ believe it or not- it can happen even at a young age! ]

is he normally this way? or is he usually nice?

kick his a$$

have you tried spanking him? seriously. if my kid ever talked badly to my mum, i'd smack their bare bum and send them to their room.

you raised him