Just Had A Run In With My Grandson

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I mentioned to my grandson that starting on Monday it is going to be getting HOT here. I told him I would appreciate it if he would be sure to put his blinds down and close the window in his room during the heat of the day. NO!! Was his reply. And, he started his total rampage on the subject. (I live pretty much in my room and all the bedrooms are upstairs.) Not unusual behavior. This is what I put up with here. I told him that his mom and I pay the rent here and that he needs to abide by what we say. When he gets out and gets a job then he can have more to say about things. This is such a small issue, I don't understand why he insists on having them open on hot days. It's cool today and they are closed. This should be interesting for the rest of June, July and August. I had a long talk with my daughter last night about the way that she lets him treat her. I told her that I feel it is her choice to let him be so disrespectful and the only way to get him to quit is to not let him do it, put her foot down. I told her perhaps she could speak to him about this at night before bed when he is more calm. She hasn't as yet done anythng. I doubt that she will. Even though Josh has been rediagnosed and, is just mostly ADHD now diagnostically, his ODD characteristics still come shining through. He is 13, a big boy and pretty intimidating when he is mad and yelling/screaming at the top of his voice.