Ds has just started recpetion. At the beginning of the year he became very attached to one particular boy. He always wanted to sit next to him, play with him etc. He has form for this as in nursery he also had a special friend who he was very attached to and would always play with.
Anyway after a few weeks this boy decided that he no longer wanted to be my sons friend and would actively avoid him tell him not to play with him, refuse to speak to him etc. No real explanation but I suspect he probably felt a bit smothered and didnt feel that he had a special friendship with ds. Absolutely fine. I encouraged my son to play with others and even though he was initially very upset by how this boy ended their friendship he got over it and started playing with a mixture of children girls and boys which i am actually happier about because it does make him less vulnerable to being hurt by rejection from one very good friend.
On the last day of term my son told me that not only is his old friend not wanting to play with him but is also preventing him from playing with others in the class. He does this by excluding my son from games he wants to get involved in with some of the other boys in the class. So these boys play with my son in the absence of this child but when he is present he tells them he doesnt want my son to play. I know these boys are friendly with my son as they play with him in the park every day afterschool and he was invited to their birthday parties. I am really annoyed that he is being kept from playing with his friends at school by this other child.
Do you think i should speak to his class teacher about this or am I just being pfb about it? I do suspect my own ds is a bit guilty of this type of behaviour though no one has complained to me about it.