My 13yr old and my mum have had an almighty row (they clash at the best of times) and are now not talking to each other. He screamed at her and told her to shut up (she was trying to fix his phone and he snatched it back) and she told him he was acting like a dickhead. According to her, he was rude and obnoxious, according to him she was telling him he was stupid and that she was going to break his phone. I can see both sides and can imagine both sides doing what they've accused each other of (mum and I argued like this for years).
I work full-time and she makes his breakfast, snack when he's home from school, drops him at rugby practice once a week, and makes sure he's on the bus to his dad's on a Friday. I'm already planning to see if I can swap my shifts round to lessen the contact between them, but unless I can do something to make them see how pigheaded the pair of them are being, it's going to fester.
It's actually making me feel sick to my stomach. I can't afford to reduce my hours (single parent) and I just want to knock their heads together.