Sons friend moving school

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DS moved to secondary school this year with a few friends from his primary. His "best" friends mum has just told me they are applying to move their son to a different school as he's really unhappy at the new school. I'm wondering how best to support my son when it happens. He doesn't seem to have made any "new" friends.

If I'm honest I also feel a bit weird about it like they can see something wrong with the school that I can't.

Get your ds to join some clubs to find similar friends. Probably good for him to broaden his friendship group.

Maybe they do see things differently or maybe it just doesn't suit their ds. I have dc at different secondary schools, neither would like each other's school. Or maybe they are looking for a perfect school which doesn't exist.

I'm encouraging him to join other groups and stuff it but I think it takes time and they still cling to primary friends for a bit. Also the nature of friendship is changing too maybe!

I just feel for him. I've seen on social media that this friend and some others were hanging out today and he's just been sat at home watching tv. I don't think he was invited.