Originally posted by: UsandThem
I spank them when it a major issue (when they do something they know they are not allowed to do). They behave when they are around me. When my wife is here, she lets them get away with murder.
I used to have the exact same problem, but I don't anymore, I divorced my son's mother. Sure, there were 1001 other reasons why I'm divorced, but that was one that always really burned me up. Now I hear my ex complain about how our 5yr. old son is such a terrible kid at times and I just laugh. He's no angel, but he knows no to try and pull anything on me and that's just the way it should be.
BTW, my GF doesn't have any kids, but she agrees with me 100% on how to handle my son and any kids we may have after we're married. She's very much a lay down the law sort of person.