Skywalker
Elementary, My Dear Mickey
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2004
OP here you speak to my heart because I beleive in doing the right thing. That is why I am struggling so much. I know this young man has been through a lot lately and it hurts me to think that i might be hurting him. However, he hasn't been a kind kid for a while. My son is very insecure and he picks on his insecurities. I get that it can be typical behavior but a week of that might be too much for me at this point. Any other parent group I would feel completly comfortable talking to but these parents arent the easiest. There is a bit of a history with them which would include their son coming to my house and telling me that his mom said I am a horrible person and named off a few reasons why, the dad cut my son from his team even though my son was a decent player etc. very competetive. So talking to them wouldn't be easy. I shoudl say that Iive a very drama free life. I am comfortable with confrontation but just don't see the need for it as they clearly aren't good friends. I just hurt for the kid. He will be crushed.
To the bolded part, I don't know why you would necessarily believe that with all you have said about this boy. You've caught him lying to you before so I would cut the mom some slack on what she supposedly said.
Either way, being honest, I would not invite the other boys this year. Justified or not, exclusion hurts at that age, and can hurt especially cruelly if it seems like adults are joining in. Maybe by next year he will have either cleaned up his act, or the boys will have distanced themselves from him a bit more. I'm sure your kids can have fun with just the family?