I have a 11 yr old dd and a 9 yr old autistic son. Life is quite hectic and i do everything as dh and ds do not get on. Of a weekend there is always a bit of door slamming stomping up the stairs and "no". I would call myself relatively strict, we have rules about bed time, eating rubbish and homework. Because I expect certain behaviours we do have the odd door slam or I hate you thrown in but dh hates noise and shouting and I don't give in so that usually results in some kind of pleading. I explain that this sort of thing is probably going on in thousands of others homes around the country but he reckons not. Please tell me this is normal. I admit with an autistic son it is prob a little worse than in other houses. He has this rose tinted view that in most other houses children just sit on their tablets all day and never argue back itf they try to eat a chocolate biscuit when they have bèn told no. Generally he hates people and children so he doesn't ever see how other children behave as he avoids anywhere where they may be!!!