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Controlling friend (kids)

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SweetpeaMidnight · 05/06/2019 17:23

My child has this really annoying friend who constantly strings him along and i dont know what to do. For example....

he will invite my ds over, keep changing the time then after changing 2/3/4 times say he can't come over anymore

get him to come over then say he's going out

Invites him over to make slime. Every slime the friend makes for himself is fine, the slimes he make for my son never works

regularly makes a huge point of asking my son to go to the park despite knowing my son isn't allowed there on his own. On a couple of occasions my partner has taken my son and as soon as the friend knows my son can actually go to the park he will move the goalposts and start asking my son to go to the shop/somewhere else he knows my son isn't allowed and go off there leaving son in the park, or, as soon as son gets there says he is going to another friends/home

They sometimes play out in our street or friends street but after finding out they were doing things they shouldn't be i told my son he can only play in our street so i can keep an eye on them. As soon as the friend realised he started saying he is only allowed to play in his street now too. I know this isn't true as he regularly goes to the park/shops/other friends alone.

My son is oblivious and is infuriatingly desperate to play with him all the time and won't listen if i say friends behavior is not very kind. He has another person he plays with with no bother at all, but this friend caught onto that and would call for my sons other friend, then my son and encourages the other friend to play pranks and be mean to my son.

Wwyd?

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Troels · 05/06/2019 17:26

How old?
I think I'd just ban him from going to his house to play if he's young enough, get him some friends for other activities like scouts, or other hobbies.

RestingBitchFaced · 05/06/2019 18:26

How old are they?

JustHereforHarriet · 05/06/2019 18:28

YANBU (except maybe for the slime. Your DS might just be crap at slime.)

Bibijayne · 05/06/2019 18:30

Sounds like a bully/ toxic friend. Do you chat to his parents? Are they aware?

SweetpeaMidnight · 05/06/2019 18:32

They are 10. Ds has other activities twice a week (sometimes 3) but is very active and always wants to be out or playing with someone. He is not very good at entertaining himself and i can't always entertain him.

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