text: who has really rebellious children(of any age) what measures do you take to try and control their behaviour? i don't have any children but it just seems that todays kids are just taking the p*** cos they know they can get away with anything. have you got any good ideas to keep them from becoming complete and utter 'criminals' all children are rebellious to a degree. i think that most parent's concerns are that if they discipline their children then their children won't love them, or end up doing something worse than what they are already doing.  then of course there is the threat of what our society condones as discipline as being taken for flat out abuse.  what i have learned, and i have two that are very rebellious, 13 years apart, one is grown and one is hitting puberty, that using a system of love and logic works everytime on every kid.  what this means is that you have to learn to separate yourself from your children's emotions.  give them choices and if they do not abide by those choices then they suffer the consequences, be that they owe you time, a chore, or a time out, whatever.  this teaches them that they are fully responsible for their actions and will learn to think before they act or react.