Friend’s feral teenage son

[Vanishedwillow]

This, basically. My friend’s teenage son (15) is awful to her. He hits her, calls her every swear word you can imagine, says she should have been drowned at birth and worse. He comes from a loving, two parent family home and is just as bad to his dad. He has chased her around the house with a knife and I’m worried she’ll end up dead. The problem is, she’s never given him boundaries and even now, today, after being kicked out of school for bad behaviour, she’s giving him a lift! I keep saying he needs consequences but she just says there’s no point, it never makes any difference. I’m so frustrated with her!

Oh do behave. I’ve got two boys with adhd and asd (now 20 and 23) neither of them have behaved remotely like this. They had consequences for being disrespectful. Never mind aggressive behaviour!

Given this update I don't understand this sentence in your OP

He comes from a loving, two parent family home and is just as bad to his dad.

That in itself sounds like a contradiction. If both parents are loving, in what way is he "as bad as his dad."

OP wrote “as bad to his dad“ not as bad as his Dad.

With that ‘impressive’ list of credentials, you’d think you’d know better than to spout off about ADHD/ASD = feral/violent, but there we are. It seems you have resisted education to an outstanding extent. Good job, you.

My bad. I didn't read this right. Thanks for pointing that out