Hi all I need help my step son is a beautiful boy who is 4.5 my partner and I have a son of our own who is nearly 2 I am finding my step son has picked up some bad habits like biting and pulling hair ect and isn't listening and I am finding when we have him all of a sudden they both play up and are naughty and don't listen his mother has told my partner that we are expecting to much of him to behave how we expect our son to act even though he's much older than mine? I am asking if other mums have gone through this ? Are we asking to much of him ? And how do we deal with his behaviour when his mum thinks it's ok?
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Unfortunately if his mum and his dad aren't on the same page with behaviour you will have to wait till his older until he understands that there are two sets of rules, one for mums and one for dads (sorry for assuming but it sounds like you and your husband are expecting the same behaviour). I don't think you are expecting to much for him, biting and hitting is defiantly a no no, and misbehaving needs to be corrected or else he will never learn. I like manners personally and while I go with a soft approach (as some might think) it hasn't failed me but I can also be hard when I need to be (of corse depending on circumstances). Just keep it up and hopefully he will start to understand. Unfortunately for you guys you can't change what his mother is doing at her house.