Dear Sarah:

I like you using the verb “evaluating”- do evaluate his behavior over time and come to your conclusions based on your evaluation.

Maybe he doesn’t know his comments were disrespectful. Maybe he never learned that, being used to such comments in his household. So patiently teach him and expect him to be a good student and fast!

But… if his escalating disrespectful comments coincides with him having less time with you, that may be significant. Interesting: he has less time for you and yet he put more disrespect in his limited time?

Did you ask him why he has less time…?

anita