Curious if you have kids? His phrasing might not be the most PC, but I know what he is feeling. We have three boys under the age of 13, and it is unreal how different they are. We affectionately refer to the youngest as the spawn of Satan. They all go through phases, but damn if some of those phases bring out the best in a parent...

Also, I don't believe he calls his daughter a mini bitch, I think he is just setting a reference tone for this thread. Based on his description, I imagine his daughter is very strong willed child who knows exactly what she wants.

Can confirm... All of the grandparents love taking our kids out for the day and returning them loaded up on sugar, some weird stains on their clothes (I hope its mud), and about two hours past their bedtime. I can't even complain because I got the whole day to myself while they had them, and instead of doing something I planned to do, I wasted it watching random crap on tv, because the tv wasn't being occupied by my kids watching Youtube on it.

That is by design. That is nature's way of keeping us from self destructing.
+1 on the Avatar Change
-1 on the use of a staple in the wall (Every good parent knows you give your kids a roll of duct tape and trust their ability to use it sparingly)

Holy shit there are definitely some interesting thoughts in this thread. Here is what I am going to go with- Do what works. If a nice quiet verbal redirection works, awesome. If you have to chap an ass with your hand, so be it.

I have spanked my 6 year old's ass more times than my 12 year old and 9 year old's combined. Everyone is wired different. The older two may have been spanked once or twice in their entire existence, the third one is just a straight up knock down brawler. For him, if it is within reaching distance, it is fair game to become an airborne object. There have been times where I have had to lay down on the ground with him and restrain him by holding his forearms so he can't move and hurt someone or himself. That all being said, verbal redirects, timeouts, etc. were always employed first, and when they don't work, there is a process of escalation. Of course I want the verbal redirects to work, but when they don't there has to be a plan B,C, and D, and it has to be consistent.

Some of this behavior is age related, and some of it is how he is wired. The physical actions he takes are not a learned behavior. He doesnt watch it on tv, and we don't implement it in our house. He just recently turned 6, and maturity wise in the last 6 weeks he has turned a major corner. Not a single redirect to his room, and definitely not any physical redirecting either. So I am hoping we have gone through the rough stretch with him, and it becomes a little smoother sailing.

Again, it is crazy how different the behaviors of all three of my sons are. We are the same parents with the same expectations for all three, but they are worlds apart on some of their behaviors. The things that are teachable are all the same though- Manners, respect, hygiene, school expectations, etc.

They definitely aren't for everyone, but I wouldn't trade them for anything. Just spending time with them, and watching them learn new things, and participating in those new things is awesome.

A game I like to play in our house is "my" and "yours".

A conversation with my wife- "Your kids are arguing again, you should go handle that". "My kids don't argue, so it isn't my problem".

That's a game I feel like is really fun, but somehow I always end up on the losing side.

Sweep the leg, Cobra Kai.

I bet she didn't even color those pictures either. You only using blue was the giveaway.

That seems like an unnatural fear for someone named Mcluvin....