Discipline your 5 year old brother

[penny_young]

      The current situation is that I am a very worried 15 year old sister. My parents are almost never home, and when they are, they are sleeping as they both have night shifts. This results to my grandma looking after my brother (5), however he is the youngest of us three. This is a very big age gap between him and I, and my family are struggling to cope. My older brother is almost 18 and doesn't get involved in looking after my brother, because he is off to university very soon. My grandma is ill-healthed and has a poorly leg and is obviously not capable of looking after my brother all by herself. I also struggle to help looking after my brother as I am preparing for my GCSEs and am smothered in coursework. Not only the timing, but my brother also makes homelife very difficult.
       Recently, perhaps because he has changed from nursery to reception, my brother has been acting stubborn and does not listen to any member of the family. If you were to say, "You can't do that", to pinching someone, he simply replies, "Yes, I can". I can't adapt to the rapid switch and I am unwilling to let his behaviour crumble, however I have no idea how to deal with it, as no one is capable of disciplining him at all. What can I do to help improve homelife even without the support from my parents? My brother's teacher has said that only has he recently been talking to other pupils, and since he has started, he doesn't let other people talk. He is also very rude and always shouts "shut up", I think this could be because he has older siblings. What is the best thing I can do? Is this just a phase and will he grow out of it?

[margypops]

What a good and caapable sister you are I hope your Mom and appreciate you a lot. You really need to talk to them I appreciate everyone has to work but this isnt fiar or good for you , Mom and Dad need to change their Jobs or their hours to fit in better ,as for the 5 year old he does need some boundarys set,if he continues to do the bad things tell him he doesnt get to go out or have that toy or watch TV, be consistant and mean it, when he shouts shut up warn him once and only once the send him to sit on a chair by himself ,no TV no Toys just sit. You have to make him realise you mean it, and your parents need to tell him also they should set the Boundarys not you.Get your Granma involved in the way he needs to be treated aswell so she does the same .