Not really aibu but more of a wwyd in this situation?
DS is 9 and has recently over the past few months started playing out. There's a boy that he is in the same class as at school and has been since reception that he was playing with. They've always had a bit of an on/off friendship but recently this other boy has started playing with another lad who is a year older and a bit 'street smart' shall we say.
They've now started over the past few weeks being really nasty to DS while he's been out. He's playing with other friends but whenever they see him they throw stuff at him, block his way and call him names. They've also been playing knock a door run at the house although DH & I have both told them to stop.
Again this afternoon, DS went out to call for a friend and they were at the top of the avenue, they wouldn't let him past and were calling him names etc. He ended up running home in tears.
I'm don't want to be one of them precious parents but in the same way I feel that he should be able to play out in a community without being, as I see it now, bullied.
Do I leave them to sort it between themselves or do something? And of so, what?