The 5 year old is out of diapers but not the 8 year old, Obviously it's the 8 year old, not the mother. People always blame the parent. :rolls eyes: As if you can control what personality your child has and choose when they can listen or not listen. No, kids are also human and have their own thoughts and opinions and their own personalities. I am guessing the man either has no kids or he has never had a child that is so strong willed and stubborn. It takes me two or more hours to get my son to do his homework and to get it done because that is how fricken stubborn he is and doesn't seem to understand if he just does it without fighting it and stalling, he will get done with it a lot quicker. Yes I have done tough love with him, "you can't do anything else until you have read a book" and bam he just sits there and does nothing and sometimes it has lasted until I had to go to work and bam he knows his dad will cave in and he wins. i even think about now making him repeat 2nd grade next year if he keeps this up because he is behind in reading and math.
So there you go, if one kid is out of diapers but not the other, obviously it's the child, not the parent.