My DS is 8 and in Y4. He’s such a lovely boy and is friends with everyone in his class. However, recently he has been picked on a bit by a group of boys who he would normally consider friends - we’ve had play dates with them and I’m friends with their mums. I want to speak to the mums about it but I’m worried that I’m making a big deal over nothing and it’s just normal Y4 stuff that will blow over.
last week the group of 4 boys who all play football together (my son doesn’t really like football which doesn’t help!) started to make fun of my son during show and tell when he showed a dinosaur book he’d brought in - they shouted out silly names and in the end he started crying. Also, when he gets 10/10 in his spellings (which he really struggles with) they roll their eyes and say “huh? How did he get 10/10?!” Today, my son was trying to play a group game of It/chase with them and they made out that he’d hit one of them (he had only tapped them) and then they all ganged up on him and said he couldn’t play. He came home from school saying that he never wants these boys to come to our house again. These are boys he used to love having over.
I just feel really sad for him. I just want to make it all ok - what should I do? I’m worried that if I mention it to the mums or school, it will make things worse…and I am only getting his side of the story…
jo x