Do children talk back to their parents more?

Hi! Yes, i notice this alot these days. My older children do not behave this way, but i notice my younger children are acting this way more and more. It is like you said it is not an issue of discipline, it is the lack of respect. I did not have this problem, until a few months ago, when they started associating with other children who have not been taught any respect. I limit their activities with these children, as their parents and the children, do not believe the same as my husband and i. We want our children to be respectful of others, especially their parents and grandparents.

onlinemoneyjourney well to my way of thinking respect is a two way street, ifyou want your kids to respect you when they are in their teens, you must always respect them as human beings, actually show them you respect them, then when they are older they know how to return that respect. If a child hears, you are such a brat, you can never do anything right, when she is a teen she might just scream,you never like anything I do, I hate you, you are such a bit@h. respect engenders respect. my parents respected me as a child and a human being, I respected them as I grew up as my parents who deserved respect back.

I have seen this so many times while out in public and over at my girl friends house and it KILLS me. I never in a million years would have ever dreamed of speaking to my parents the way kids do now. If I had even uttered the word "no" when they told me to do something, well, let's not go there!!! Not to say you are wrong onlinemoneyjourney, but I do think to an extent discipline is part of the issue. From the time my son could start talking (he is almost 4 now) he has been taught please, thank you, your welcome, and it has been strictly enforced. If he ever walks away without saying thank you he is brought right back to whomever he needs to say it to. Needless to say, we don't do that very often. He is almost 4, so he still does act up like toddlers do, but he is quickly reprimanded and sent to his room on a time out. I give him a few minutes of that and let him back out of his room and explain why he was sent there and of course he says he is sorry because he is supposed to. But at the same time it seems like he thinks about it because in a few hours he comes back to me and tells me how sorry he is for WHAT it is that he did. Always followed with a hug. And when I bring him over to my girlfriends house I can guarantee when I come back home he will pick up a few of their bad habits, talking back, yelling, throwing a temper tantrum. But he is very quickly put back in check. And he seems to realize why what he did was wrong. Yes, I am strict with my son - when it comes to his manners. But I will be damned if he is gonna be one of those kids that talks back, smart mouths, runs through the streets, etc... He is also showered with affection more than I can say. Yes I work full time and I do understand sometimes how hard it can be on a child. But that just makes it that much more important to me when I am home with him. Random I love you's, hugs, and kisses do wonders for a kid. I have seen him grow even more since I stepped up my mommy efforts to show him right from wrong. He even gives me random hugs and kisses and tells me they are just because. I truly think discipline and enforcement of the rules are a big bulk of showing kids right from wrong.