Ok, so my DS (5) goes to school with my friends DS (obviously, also 5). We live 6 doors apart, the boys are in the same class and spend some, but not all, of their after school time playing together. My friend and I take turns taking them to school and picking them up so they are together from approx 8.30 - 3.30, Monday to Friday + any recreational time.
The issue I?m having is that they fight, argue and ignore each other. On the way to school and on the way home. Their teacher separated them the first wk of school so they couldn?t disrupt the class as they can also be so mischievous together and we are told of any issues that do arise in school time - there are few.
They can be the best of friends then an argument can start at the drop of a hat and I?m lost at how to handle it. I can't ignore it so to make the time spend taking them to school and picking them up less stressful, to me, the only answer would be to separate them - take our own to school so they only have the school day together. But is that the answer? They love the same things, do get on really well at times and I don?t believe that they can?t be friends. On the same level, I don?t want to force them into a friendship if they aren?t suited.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.