His mother is done dealing with him....first it was her that he had such a rough time with....then she discovered it absolutely useless to try anything with him, so she's given up. She ignores him and deals with him as necessary to function in the house.....as long as she doesn't say no to anything, all is well. But surely as soon as the answer is no...all hell will break loose. I think his temper is inherited from her side of the family...seriously, all of her brothers have a HUGELY bad temper. Her's isn't too bad.....I've handled it for 20 years already...