My teenage son’s behaviour makes my home such a horrible place to be

DEAR DEIDRE: I LOVE my teenage son but sometimes I wish he wasn’t around.

His terrible behaviour makes my home such a horrible place to be. It’s having a negative effect on the whole family.

I’m his 45-year-old mum. My son turns 15 in a few weeks.

He wants to have a party but I don’t feel he deserves one.

As a young boy, he was loveable and sweet. But since he became a teenager, it’s as if he’s had a personality change.

He swears and is disrespectful.