DS (8) has a "friend" who is horrible to him. Frequently says "Ugh, you can't play with me today", consistently puts him down, takes the piss out of him, calls him stupid and annoying. I've seen this happen.
DS is on the spectrum, is extremely gentle and passive, and is liable to be picked on a lot because of this, and the fact he struggles to stand up for himself. He really struggles with friendships as other children tend to walk all over him. We are trying to work on this separately with him but it's a long old slog.
Anyway, my problem with this particular child is his mother seems completely deluded about him and thinks her son is lovely. She constantly posts on social media about him saying "to our kind and gentle boy, you're so considerate of everyone, so friendly" etc etc. It is demonstrably totally untrue. I've seen this boy be horrible to multiple other children, not just my own DS, and horrible to his own mother. He doesn't seem to get disciplined, ever - if she witnesses him being horrible to other children she either ignores it or calls him out in so soft a way as to be completely ineffective. e.g. "oh dear, maybe we should be kinder next time". It's really winding me up as yesterday DS came home in tears yet again because this child had told him he wasn't allowed to join in the game at lunchtime. WIBU to say something to her?! When I've discussed with her before she's been very much, oh I believe in letting kids assert their boundaries. Well fine, but he can do that without being unkind! My DS doesn't struggle in the same way with any other child and he's not the only one who gets treated like this by this boy.