DS is 8 and his attitude, more specifically his attitude towards me, is just getting worse.
It's like he continually has to have one up on me. I say we are doing xyz, even if it's something that doesn't even involve him and he will start with the sarcastic put downs 'why would you do that?' ' er, yeah right, like that's going to work' 'what if xxx happens'. He's like a dog with a bone, will not let it drop. Even if he's wrong about something, clearly in the wrong, he will carry on arguing he's right about it. Honestly, if I said the sky was blue, he'd swear blind its pink.
Now it's getting to the point where even general conversation is just so damned hard with him that I actually don't want to talk to him for fear of him kicking off about something.
Even him asking for things is just loaded with this attitude.
I feel really sad about it because he is a smart, funny, affectionate lad but he's just such hard work and I feel like I'm walking on eggshells.