My son (8) is not very good at making friends, he does try but he's not like the other boys, he's not rough and ready although he pretends to be...anyway he has a thing for hugging people, I've always been very "hands on" and "physical" with him as I never had that as a child but he does it at school to the other boys, he's developed a game called "squishy" where he and his friend squeeze each other and now some of the other boys are calling him gay, run away from him and just generally be horrible to him.
Now my 6 year old is at school he's very much one of the "lads" and not at all like my eldest but when they see each other they cuddle each other, the other kids think its wierd and can't understand why they cuddle and kiss each other.
I don't want to discourage them from being so affectionate but I don't want my eldest to be stuck labbled as "the gay kid" as he's growing up....any advice?
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My son is making himself a target
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funnyfish · 16/05/2007 00:02
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