My 8 year old is quite a character.
He is quite authoritive to other children. For instance, we once saw a teenager in the street throw some rubbish on the floor. Ben went up to him, hands on hips and told him that it's naughty and told him to put it in the bin. He was 5 at the time.
He has got worse since. He does not play well with other children, I honestly think they do not like him and to be honest I dont blame them! He is just so bossy.
He thinks he is an adult, spends play time with the adults and trying to join in with adult conversations.
Since he could talk people (even strangers) would say he is like a little old man.
He is very bright, on a higher reading level than my eldest son. He finds school work way too easy and because of this he becomes bored in class and starts wondering around trying to help everyone else.
His teachers words are he is her very own little teaching assistant.
He only started at this school in September but we have had 2 quite serious problems.
1st was someone was hitting another child. Ben went over to tell her (yes her!!) that was not very nice so he got pulled to the floor, kicked on the back and kicked where a few months before he had a heart operation.
When I collected him from school I only found out as saw a footprint on his shirt so went straight to the teacher and was then told.
She said the girl was being dealt with acordingly.
2nd thing was a boy told Ben not to play with another child, Ben said he wanted to. The boy told Ben he does not take no for an answer. Ben walked off to play with other boy and got beaten up for it.
Ben is year 3, year 6 boys even joined in with the hitting.
My other son got the dinnerlady who broke it up. Ben ended up with a nose bleed, back eye and bruises.
AND.........the dinnerlady did not inform any teachers of what had happened!!!!
I found out after school so next day was fuming when I went to school. The head was disgusted this has happened so was his teacher. The dinnerlady had a warning and the boys all had a talking to. I kept him off school that day as wanted to keep an eye on him so when I took his brother I spoke to teachers.
The next week the whole school had a week of bullying talk and how to treat others.
I feel not enough was done. Ben really suffered and as his teacher said just because he knows his own mind it is no reason to get a beating.
The school is supposed to be very good. We live in quite a well to do village so thought the school would be good.
Sorry its a long one but I just do not know what I should do, I do not want him to change schools again x