This is a difficult one and I need honest opinions from people who've been through this and how they dealt with it.
About a year ago my son fell out with a boy who was his friend. My son says this is because he "knew more than him". Since then they have been picking on each other, but it is hard to get to the bottom of what's going on. My son has made things up (because he says he's embarassed, I don't know if this is true) but also he has come home crying a lot saying he doesn't want to go to school because the other boy punches and kicks him. I've tried to tell my son to ignore it and tell a teacher. He says the boy follows him around.
Today I was confronted by the parent in the playground who said my son had put glue in his hair and she was upset she'd had to cut it out. She said he had been crying and didn't want to come to school because of my son.
I stayed calm throughout this and said I would speak to my son when we got home and I could understand why she was upset and thanked her for telling me about it. I also told her that my son had said similar about hers. She looked shocked.
My son claimed he put a raft with double sided tape on this boy's head for a joke and the tape got caught in his hair.
I've phoned the school to try and go and speak to the teacher. Nothing has been said to us by the school (despite the fact this mum said she'd reported it to the school). We've spoken to our son to try and find out what's going on. What else would you do? They are 7, year 2.