Oh, you are being punished, kids punish parents for disciplining them but it's because they want to test the boundary you set down. He's testing you to see if you'll get sick of his reaction and just send him away. Don't back down, that will be the real FYL if you do. You can, however, make it clear that the stomping etc WILL stop. Begin removing everything from his room but his mattress, bedclothes and two outfits. Everything. Then confine him there, he can only come out for bathroom breaks (Hell, on the job you only get to go every two to four hours if you're lucky, that's not abuse) and for dinner (if he doesn't eat right, he eats it in his room). That will surely drive a point home. The key here is to stick to what you said. Oh, and good behavior earns him stuff back and bad behavior puts him back to square one. Good luck!

be a Better parent ?

you are the biggest asshole ever for 1 grounding your young child. 2 for not letting him live his childhood to it's fullest. and 3 for not realizing that he is a child and he probably didn't even know he was being a smart ass. ********.

so you grounded your son for being smarter than you but that only made things worse for both of you guys...he wasnt being a smartass, you were just being a dumbass.

I happen to be the OP and to the folks who think I am mean because I didn't let him go to the scouting event: it is a SPECIAL event. He's not out of scouts. He just needed a really serious wake up call. To the folks who think I am mean because I punished him for being a smart ass: The reality is this was a compound offense. He got into trouble for not doing what I asked and got a minor punishment (chores). He got mouthy about the chores and lost his special event. To the folks who think I need to paddle him more: you may be right but he's getting too old for that. To the folks who think I shouldn't let him throw the tantrum: Awesome idea, beyond smacking him as suggested and grounding him as done, what's the methodology for that? He stayed in his room to howl and holler. I ignored it and posted my FML. Special event at school next week will be cancelled too if he keeps it up. Love my boy. Tough love today.

bust his ass

ydi it for grounding him for a stupid reason, asshole

Grow a pair and spank the brat!

I want to know the case of smart-assness. did he say something witty like that's what she said or did he like oh I dunno.

I believe in instances like this, my mom would say that she'd let me off the hook just this once, but do it again and the punishment would be worse, and I'd be a little angel because she was so merciful and I was so grateful.