DS (age 8, yr 4) has been having a bad week with his friendships at school. He came out of school in tears today so I spoke to the headmistress this evening about some potential bullying and she is putting in a plan of action which I’m happy with.
This evening, me and ds sat down to write a list of his worries for the school “worry box”. I know kids are very much in the moment, and he might feel differently next week, all the same it was heartbreaking to hear some of the stuff he was coming out with and felt the need to share it, especially as I’m a lone parent and no-one to talk to right now.
DS is severely dyslexic. He spoke, I transcribed, without interruption. 3 A4 pages later…!! Here are some excerpts:
“I feel a bit scared and worried about how people will react to me. And sometimes in my head I feel like I’m never going to get another friend. It makes me miss my home and it feels like people want me to leave school. And it makes me feel like the dumbest and uncleverest person and that I’m different and everyone else is smart. And I think people don’t want to see me around because I’m really untough and stupid. It feels like I’m never going to be like anyone else. I really like my friends but they’re being mean to me and it makes me feel stupid and like I want to leave school forever. It feels like they never want to talk to me again because we had arguments by accident or it wasn’t me. I feel like I’m the baddest friend that everyone has had and it feels like they hate me when I get things wrong or I’m confused.” He then drew a picture of himself crying.
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whethergirl · 03/10/2013 22:57
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