I usually love having ds at home, but this holiday, so far, he's been acting like a rude, spoilt, entitled little brat, and I'm just about at the end of my tether with him tbh. He's currently undergoing assessment for possible ASD, so I do make allowances for some of his little quirks, but there's not a day gone by without us having to talk about his attitude towards me. He's answering back constantly, interrupting me, answering with "Whatever" or "Blah, blah, blah" to everything I say and it's getting embarrassing when out in public and bloody irritating in the house, especially when coupled with tutting, sighing and eye rolling whenever I pull him up on it. I feel like I've done nothing but shout at him so far, and I'll be glad when he's back at school, which is something I've never felt before.
Anyway, an hour or so ago, the post arrived and there was a new headset I'd ordered for him for his xbox, as his old one broke. He was very excited and asked if I'd set it up for him. As I was trying to plug it into the tv, he said, "I can't see the screen with you in the way!" and flung his controller down in temper. I switched the xbox and the tv off, put the headset back in it's box, and gave him a damned good telling off. I told him he was behaving like a spoilt little brat, and who did he think he was talking to me like that when I was trying to do something nice for him? Not that he deserved anything nice when he couldn't treat me with any respect. Xbox is now banned for the next few days, until I feel he has earned time back on it, and he's currently in his bedroom with a book for company until he can come and give me a proper apology.
I rang his dad (we're separated) and told him what had happened, mainly to let him know of the xbox ban, as he has him for a couple of days at the weekend, and he has said I've been way too harsh on him and he's just being a typical boy apparently!
I can cope with a bit of general over exuberance and excitement, but I will not tolerate rudeness and lack of manners. Have I been too harsh? I'm at the end of my tether with his behaviour at the minute and don't know where to turn.