how do i discipline my 5 year old boy so that he takes me seriously and respects me

[azheather]

more? My 5 year old son has learned how to play me and i tend to be to soft on him. I need to get more disciplinary with him so that he knows i mean business when i do. I don t want to be mean but i want him to know that when mommy means something or something is to be done it gets done and i don' t ask multiple times, you don't throw a fit, and you do as your told and don't talk back and if you do there will be consequences. If i send him to his room he ends up not staying in his bed like he was told, he stands at the top of the stairs and just cries and yells for me and eventually manipulates me by saying "but mommy i just wanna give you a hug and kiss and tell you i love you." I don' t know where they learn these things so young but it scares me he will turn out like his DAD, manipulative and disrespectful toward women. This of course is the last thing i want for him. he will also cry and throw a fit if he is told no on most things, at his dads i think he is spoiled and given what he wants too much. Either way i want my son to learn that at my house that's not how things work and in real life that is not how things work. I want to learn ways that a 5 year old can understand and get the point across. I'd love advice from other moms in the same situation and how and what you did to get there. THANK YOU!!!