Been called into school and its not good news

[fairyfly]

They tell me in the last two weeks my son has become insecure, is loosing his self esteem, is desperate for encouragement and has started lying. Not bad lies but making fantasies up to out do people, such as his dad lives in a castle and its 50 times bigger than anyone elses house.
They told me i should encourage him more. Its funny because out of school everyone tells me i dote on him too much and should not compliment him so often.
They said deep down they think he is a very sad little boy, it has broken my heart. Also they were asking if anything had changed at home in the last two weeks and i can't work out what it could be.
Any ideas on how to get him happy and confident again, i can't bare the thought of him being sad inside. he is 5

Its taken me all week with chats everynight but i have just found out whats up. Three boys play together and he seems to be getting pushed out, he tell me they have started going off and playing saying he can't join in. Or he can be the baddy then they just push him everywhere. I really don't know how i can solve this.

Tell the teacher fairyfly and see if she can have a word or at least keep an eye out for ds. He is still very young so I think the teacher should know.

Oh ff, poor thing. I'm so glad he's come out with it though. I think you have to tell the teacher so that he/she can at least talk to them about playing nicely and keep an eye on things. Does he have any other friends you could encourage, invite them round for tea and stuff? No original ideas, sorry.