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Philip:

--- Quote from: David E on October 18, 2012, 02:55:32 pm ---Whe the first occurrence happened....it was when he came in from a brief walk around the neighborhood....he opened the front door and stood there and shouted....she immediately rushed to the door, removed his walking shoes and put on his slippers WHILST HE STOOD THERE and waited for her to do it...needless to say...I blew up BIG TIME.
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David, when I mentioned the shoe incident to my wife, her reaction was, "He's not her father!". In other words, this might be the respect paid by a daughter to a father, but there's something wrong somewhere if a mother is commanded by her own son. It's not very Confucian, even though the woman is paying respect to a "man" (read "stunted adolescent"), so how did we get to this state of affairs? It's not even very Oedipal - Oedipus wanted to have sex with his mother, not make her his slave. It's a little Maoist with regard to the place of women, mixed with the only child little emperor syndrome.
My only advice to you comes from years of teaching four and five year-olds (quite apt considering the childish behavior of your step-devil). If you can get on roughly the same page as your wife re. discipline (privately, discussing the hypothetical permutations of his behaviour), then I would give him some simple stark choices regarding the consequences of his behavior in the future.

Willy The Londoner:

--- Quote from: maxx on October 18, 2012, 06:34:34 pm ---.Kids need to know there place in the world.Once they learn there place.They are usually ok.



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Yes Maxx kids have a place in the world - but it is definately not in my world.  I feel much happier without having the problems of ever having had kids to worry over.

Willy

Scottish_Robbie:
Besides which Maxx, he has me to worry about...LOL ;D ;D

shaun:
That might scare the daylights out of some people Rob.  ;D

ron:
I am curious how many of you come from a divorced family?Myself growing up it wasnt pleasant.I guess I am trying to look at it from their perspective .It doesnt mean that they are right doing this but there may be some underlying problems.Could be attention or many things.Maybe something that can be worked out between your wife and yourself or counseling?Most of my friends have had the alpha male experience right here where their son thought he was an adult in his teenage years.I had to correct my son for that.That was our only argument.I am just throwing it out there as a reason for the disruption

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