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My oldest son, who is 5, tries to parent my youngest, who is 17 months old. I cannot get him to stop bossing around, yelling, ordering and pushing the baby. I cannot get him to stop picking the baby up to move him from outside to inside. My youngest is perfectly capable of walking in and out of doors on his own and will generally come when called by me but even after the first call, my oldest will walk over, pick him up, roughly carry him inside and shut the door, which results in my youngest screaming and crying.

They just will not get along and while I do not believe in blaming either child, my oldest is definitely an instigator…

How can I get him to stop acting this way? It’s not like I leave him alone with the baby at all. He’s never had the responsibility of babysitting or even having to watch him while both are outside.

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Answer #1

lol, oh my gosh this is just like me when I was younger. uh well the reason I did it was because it was just me and my mom and my lil bro and my mom was workin late 2 feed us and get us the newest stuff so we wouldnt b picked on like her. so I felt like I had 2 take care of him (she also told me 2 watch out for him) and he also got away with a crap load of stuff. so I thought if she wont yell at him for it then I will. I dont know if this is going on with your son im just tellin you why I did it, I hope this helps

Answer #2

Lol, I bossed around my little neice when I was that age, there’s not much you can do except break up the fists fights and scold him for it. he’ll probably grow out of it On the plus side you might have a kid who grows up to be like a judge or a president :P

Answer #3

Some of that is normal, just due to the age. My daughter was extremely bossy around that age, and so were a lot of the kids in her kindergarten class. How does he feel about early bedtime? That still works for my daughter, and she’s 14!! Lol

Answer #4

Tell him no with a stern face and look straight into his eyes to show him you mean it.

Worked with me I did the same to my young brother.

Answer #5

seriously just tell him to stop doing it or youll take his favorite thing away.

Answer #6

I’ve tried that, Mmyers. Taking toys away, time outs, cornering, no computer time…none of it works..

Answer #7

it’s either a phase he is going through or a sibling thing I have an older bro who always bosses me around it’s not gonna go away if it doesn’t stop soon

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