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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should have said no to him walking home with both boys. Peer pressure is real for kids. You seem to think the neighbor boy shouldn't get sucked into it but he's 14. It's fun and exhilarating to feel powerful over someone else. That's what was going on. [/quote]

I wasn’t thrilled about it but he called me from his cell phone while they were already walking home. We talked after he came home and he agreed he didn’t want to hang out with them as a group anymore. Just one on one with the friend.[/quote]

That sounds like a good plan. Also, let your son know that this is an unfortunate but common event in friendships, especially at this age. Sometimes good friends just grow apart. Sometimes there is a new annoying friend that hurts the relationship. Sometimes people stop being friends for a while, but then become friends again when they are older. I know it feels worse when it happens to a kid who already has a fragile social standing, but it also happens to NT kids.

Are there other places where your kid can meet/hangout with others his own age? My kid probably only has a couple real friends irl, and then a couple others online, but he has different groups of nice teens he hangs out with at weekly/monthly activities. It's not the same as having a best friend, but it's better than nothing.[/quote]

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