ds is afraid to go outside

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he is 4. a few days ago he was outside palying with his lightsabre when 2 local boys (both 10) started taunting him and the took his lightsabre off him and were poking and jabbing him with it. a neighbour saw it and came to tell me. i spoke to the boys and asked them not to take his toys and not to tease him or hurt him.

now, whenever they are out, ds will not go out and if they arrive while he is out he runs in shouting "no, no" and begs me not to make him go outside.

what do i do? it has just happened again and he was in floods of tears.

What do you mean 'when he's out' ? Is it a communal garden?

we live in a small cul-de-sac, there is a small grassy area at our side of the road and he plays there with 2 of our neighbours' children. the other boys dont live in our cul-de-sac but they come in to ride their bikes and play with another boy who does live here.

and just to add, we have a back garden but when he knows the boys are out he wont even go into that incase they come into it. i have assured him that they will not, he was there when i spoke to them and knows i told them not to hurt him or take his toys but he still insists that they will.

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Find out who their parents are, and speak to them.

Sit out there with him to ressure him...

can you supervise his outdoot play for a little while?

yes i have offered to stay out with him while they are there but he just says no and when i try and take him out he panics and starts crying.

i dont know if speaking to the boys' parents would help ds though. the boys apologised when i spoke to them and left the cul-de-sac. they have been pleasant to me ever since. i dont think they will bother ds again so there isn't really an issue with that.