7yr old DS told me today that other kids have been teasing him at school. He'd previously mentioned a couple of kids that seem to bother him with comments before- it really sounded like these two boys were ganging up on him. Back then , it sounded like they mostly just liked to tell him he's wrong about everything (eg. telling him his moves are not real kung-fu) but he said that a couple of days ago one of them teased him in the playground telling him to "kill himself". He said he told the teacher and she met with them to hear both sides of the story, but that the other boy wasn't willing to talk about it. He said that boy did get sent to the principals office, so it sounds like they're handling it the right way. I'm worried of course, because this sounds like more than just the"he said.." type of teasing- which is bad enough...sounds like some serious bullying going on....I hate to think that 7 yr olds can be bullies, but maybe I'm just in denial. On top of it, he's telling me that his so called best friend announced to the whole class that only he and one of the girls are the only ones that like him :( I just felt like crying when he told me this- how can kids be so cruel and hurtful?! He said the teacher took a goody reward away from the jar- these are privileges that the class earns as a whole...not very effective for this kind of behavior- it just doesn't make sense. He said now that so-called friend is teasing him and ripping up the pictures he draws for him (I guess they drew pictures of action figures for each other back when they were friends, sigh)
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I happen to have the regular parent-teacher conference on Tuesday, so I'll have the chance to talk to the teacher then, but I'm just unsure of how to help DS deal with this. He was even looking reminiscing at his kindergarten portfolio and said "Mommy, kindergarten at this school was so much fun..." He didn't say first grade wasn't but in his mind I think that's what he was thinking...:(
