It's a universal issue! My son grumbles and rolls his eyes. A "smart" friend of mine suggested that I hold him accountable for his attitude. If he is a grump, 1st I find out a few things. Is he hungry, tired, upset? After fiixing these that we can we start fresh. After two weeks of this he does have a happier attitude. We've explained that that is part of his school. When he's on his own he won't make it far if he grumbles and glares at his co workers or boss. He needs to learn that if he's too tired, then he needs to go to bed earlier, hungry-eat, angry - resolve. It is a learning process and unfortunately he gets all of these issues at once at this age. The main thing that suprised him is that he has control over it. He was grumpy because he was tired and hungry. I asked when he went to sleep and he said 2 am. I said why? he said he was hungry... I asked if he got up and ate anything...He said no, can I? I said sure, why would I not want you to? He said because he would make a mess and noise..I asked if he would really do that and he said no. Problem solved... :001_smile: Sometimes we have no clue what is going through there heads and it only takes some discussion. Usually I laugh and say why can't you do this or that? You're responsible and smart. I trust you to do the right thing. Then he eases up and becomes happier.
It's not always that easy, especially if he's angry about something. It takes longer to resolve. It's all a learning process.
I hope this helps.
Paula