Snippy moody snarky 12yo son - that is all.

[CheshireEditor]

He's damm hard work. He turns into a teenager in 12 days. The back chat, the mouth, the eye rolling. The huffing and puffing about stuff in general.

Then he buys a birthday card for his Grandma with his own money and puts the bins out without me asking. Black and white, chalk and cheese - is this what being a teenager is all about?

I'm afraid so but he will come out the other side....eventually. You might want to read through this thread where some of us have been letting off steam about our teens:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2340585-teen-fucking-dramas