Know it all ss
know it all ss, wanted to help mom with dinner, he chopped the lettuce, stired the rice, stired the taco meat, set the table. a perfect child right? during dinner, his mom thank you for cooking dinner, all children love praise right?. well he ate it up, see I told you I was a good cook he says, I can cook anything, no big deal I followed along and told him thank you very much, he said yes I am pretty good, you guys are welcome, he went up to his room and play video games, and watch t v and did not bother at all, to me it seem like he wanted a big heaping plate of control, and that made him happy, my wife and I watch the CMA's, without interruptions, it was very nice,
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oh those know it all boys
oh those know it all boys will get ya everytime! lol my son can be a bit of a know it all sometimes.but teaching him how to graciously accept praise has proven to be fairly easy.he now just says thank you when given praise.
I'm glad you got to catch the CMA's without drama:D
May I ask - how did you get
May I ask - how did you get him to "graciously accept praise...just say thank you"? This drives me nuts with SS and I'm so worried that DS with also pickup this horrid habit but it always seems terrible rude and contrary to correct a child after praising them. thanks! Congrats on a job well done btw!
I took the hard approach with
I took the hard approach with him and told him if he's ever interested in hearing me say nice things about him again he will resist the urge to double confirm what I'm already acknowledging as good.It went on for about a month where he would do something great and I refused to acknowledge it.Finally he got upset and said 'mom i feel like you don't care when i do good stuff.' then we had another long talk about it and i started praising him again.He just said thank you after that or some other form of gracious acceptance.
He's kind of an odd bird though,my method may not work on other kids.it may just end up hurting their feelings and making them withdraw.
Ah kids...it seems that being
Ah kids...it seems that being a good sport & graciously accepting praise is something everyone must learn at some point or other
My SS9 is currently learning the latter...I worked on the good sport thing awhile ago 
Good fun!
Glad you took advantage of your drama free evening.
Try not to be too hard on
Try not to be too hard on your step son. It could be worse. I think that a lot of kids go through the stage where they "know it all" I hate to admit it but I did to when I was his age. Just think it could be worse, he is 13 right? He should grow out of it soon. just take advantage of the alone time that it offers to spend time with your wife :).