ds has been 'off' for some time now but it all has come to halt today. He came out of football (done at school after school) crying, impossible to calm down.
Turned out that he has once again felt he was put aside by other children 'for being different' (I am not british and he has a dual citizenship, british and mine but tbh he is much more british than anything else as he has never lived in my home country) and been asked to be in the goal 'because no one wants to be there' and 'he asked to swap but no one wanted/listened to him'.
And then proceed to explain that it's the same on the school playground and he had been told 'he would go in the goal or he would get beaten up' so now he doesn't even dare asking any more....
I have to say, I am not sure what to think.
On one side, he is clearly upset and has felt 'different' for some months. He even has a list of things you should do to 'be liked' by people and he is at the bottom of the list. He also has few real friends. But up to now, this has never been an issue ie he was well integrated even though he said he didn't have a real friends.
On the other, part of me is wondering if this is just not an issue re loosing at football and being a bad loser. Which he has been in the past but never to this extend.
What do you think?
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Is there some bullying going on there?
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NotSureWhatItIs · 24/04/2013 17:48
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