Help. My son is in Yr 1 at school and generally loving it. When he started at school in Reception he seemed to be extremely friendly with one boy and we never heard anyone else's name mentioned. After 2 terms we were called in to see the teacher and were staggered to hear that this other boy was clinging to our son and preventing him from making any other friends. We were told not to worry and that children generally find their feet and friends in future years and it would probably all blow over. However we were told it was quite rare and that it was a mild form of bullying. School took some little measures to keep them apart ie sitting them apart etc but this other boy would sit next to our son every lunchtime and play with him in the playground all the time. A year later our son has finally found a new little friend and for the first time has started talking about someone else at home. However, over the past few weeks this other child has been "crowding" our son again - waiting for him in the morning at his table, giving him presents/stickers/sweets and the our son has said this other child is playing with our son's new friend and could I have a word to stop it. I think it has probably been going on the whole time but our son has been oblivious.
My worry is that in a small village school (20 in this class) my son will have this child as his best friend without it ever being his choice and this could last until secondary school. This has affected the whole family as we are at a loss as to what to do. We feel that our only option is to move schools. Does anyone have any suggestions to help me to stop worrying about this weird situation.
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tort1972 · 11/02/2011 21:40
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