Our small neighborhood has five 8 year old boys that are all in 3rd grade. They have known each other since they were infants and play together all week. Up until now, all the boys were invited to every birthday party. Last week one boy, "Ben", with whom my son plays frequently, had a birthday party and didn't invite him. My son was teased on the bus by "Ben" as well as the other boys about not being invited to the party. My son is devastated. He adored "Ben" and considered him a close friend. He has no idea why he alone would be discluded.
I called "Ben's" mother to ask her if there was some problem between the boys that she had seen, and that I needed to understand the situation so that I could help my child. She told me she had let "Ben" write up his list for his party, had no input in it and had asked no question.
What do I do now? Do I still let him play with these boys? Do I invite them all to his party next month and ignore what happened? They're all he has.
2007-09-15
15:13:50
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