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Old July 16th 09, 02:32 PM posted to misc.kids
MotherOfTwoKids
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Default Mom needs help with 8 years old boy avoid being bully

Hi Parents:

It's not as bad as it sounds but I am trying to prevent that happens.
Let me describe a little bit about my son. He is 8 year old, and will be in
the 3rd grade next year.
He is a sweet little boy who is very gentle, kind and working hard. He
likes to make friends with everyone and like to play with all kids.
He loves dogs, cats and birds or any animals he met. However, he is a
little sensitive and can burst into tears very easily but his crying isn't
last long.
Like he just can't control the tears and get over with it quickly. He also
got offense very easily.
He isn't very good at sports of any kinds, but he likes to play. That is
the problem. Like when he playing softball, he misses hitting the ball so
many times, other kids laugh at him, then he got mad and burst into tears.
But, when it comes to practice, he doesn't want to. He just wants to play
for fun and have fun but not serious about anything. On the other hands, he
is very good at school. Excel in Math, writing, reading or any other
topics.

So, because of his characteristics, he easily becomes a target for other
kids to make fun of. They sometimes call him chicken when he doesn't want
to play something rough. Yesterday, he came home from the summer camp and
told me that he is being bullly 50 times (I'm not sure if that is the many
times he is being bully but that the number he told me.) Then later I asked
him if he is having fun at the summer camp, he said yes. Like sometimes I
asks him how is school, he answers it's great but I don't have any best
friend. Hearing he said that hurts me a lot.

Like I mentioned before, it's not getting serious yet. But I would like to
help my son to outgrow that "little sensitive" I mentioned above and would
like to see what I can help him to get along better with his friends.. Is
there anything I can do to help him?

Currently, he is taking Taekwondo (blue belt) and Violins class. We didn't
go to church so he didn't have other group activity besides school.

Thanks for reading.

Have a good day.