I’m really conflicted here and I don’t know how to handle this situation.
Both my Ds’s have made friends with a boy their age (11) and over the last few months have become quite close and good friends, however this boy is very volatile and flies off the handle at the slightest remark or if he doesn’t get his own way.
He seems to have it in for one of my dss and even though they play together very well most of the time, he always has a dig at him or by pushing him, my ds isn’t tiny so generally stands his ground.
However it has just become very physical as the other boy lost a game turned round and gone to punch my ds, who in turn has punched him straight in the face and it turned in to a full on fight before I could get up and drag them apart.
Now obviously I know kids fight and sometimes that can’t be stopped, but they go to school together and are moving up to senior school and have been told they will be in the same class.
I am most definitely not one of those parents who think their child does no wrong and will always pull my dc up for bad behaviour, but the boys mum, although she does tell him off really has a complex that her ds is being picked on if he’s told off and kind of a excuses his behaviour.
This isn’t the first fight he’s had and is often removed from class or loses his playtime, but this is just so out of character for my ds who has never had a fight and is such a stickler for rules, especially in school and I really don’t any this boy in his class as I just feel like he will turn into a bully, because he sees and knows my ds will try to somehow embarrass him just to impress others.
My dh is going crazy and saying I must call the school tomorrow and obviously stop speaking to the boys mum, which I do think I need to do or at least try to have an honest conversation with her.
what do you think I should do?