Ok, so he can be quite horrid, he is genius in his mischief in and calls his little brother a worm. He is only a wee lad (8) but is utterly demonised by his parents, who on the surface are nice lentil weaver types who insist on good nutrition , educational treats etc etc but honestly, I just want to shake them and make them see what they are doing to their poor son!!
As i said, he IS naughty, and can be horrid but im not surprised seeing as that is all they ever seem to say to him. They just don't have a kind word for him and its heart breaking. His younger brother seems to be tha apple of their eye and can do no wrong (personally i can't abide the snivelling little brat and actually agree with his older brother - he IS a worm!!). Today was a prime example - The older brother was just about to get his pocket money and the younger brother piped up and said "but mummy, you and daddy have stopped DBs pocket money because he has been so horrid" I fully expected her to tell him off for telling tales, but no, she actually praised him for reminding her. I was 
and had to remove myself from the situation actually.
I feel that i should take his lentil weaving mother to one side and give her a bloody reality check - by making obvious favourite of the worm (younger brother) there is little wonder the other lad is behaving so badly all the time, all the time its "don't be horrid DB"
FFS - its going to turn into horrid by name, horrid by nature and i, quite frankly, blame the parents!!!