My lovely little boy is not so little any more and is starting to get very grumpy and moody. He takes so long to do anything, eg brush his teeth and that can lead to me getting cross and then arguments. That’s normal though, I know. What upsets me is the way he speaks to me sometimes, very sarcastically, when I try to correct his behaviour. I sometimes ask what’s wrong and he says in an upset way that he doesn’t know. He’s got a toddler brother who he loves but he just annoys him constantly, without even doing it on purpose, eg taking his toys off him, putting his feet on the baby chair even when his little brother is getting upset. I think it’s puberty hormones giving him pent up energy and emotions but I don’t know how to deal with it for the next few years. I’m a single parent. He has so many lovely qualities but sometimes I can’t stand the way he behaves and I hate the YouTube videos he watches and I think they’re turning him quite materialistic because he’s asking for brand name things. I know it’s a normal phase but I hate it. I’m thinking of becoming much stricter and banning YouTube except for educational stuff. I’ll still let him watch age appropriate tv. And when he gets hyped up or rude and annoying sending him to run a few laps at the oval down the road. Is that horrible? I love him so much and I want to be close to him through his teens but it’s already difficult. I was a nightmare teen and his dad is pretty miserable at the best of times so I think I could be in for a difficult time with him.