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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like anxiety and trouble with emotional regulation. Not saying this is the case with your kid but in my kid this is how his adhd presented - trouble with friendships and getting overly worked up about disagreements and rules and whatnot [/quote]

This is my adhd 10 year old too. He just does not seem to understand the roasting and the gloating. He takes it personally and then other kids notice that and tease him more. It is so hard. I was just telling my husband I think he's cycled through all the options for friends at school. I hope a summer break may create a reset.[/quote]

NP. I know it's normalized but honestly, the roasting and gloating is awful. In other cultures or education systems, it wouldn't be tolerated the way it is in American public schools and by American parents who think "this is just how boys are."

I wouldn't pathologize a kid who doesn't get it. I'd try to see it from his perspective, even validate the feelings of frustration, and then work to find strategies that can help him deal with this frankly unfortunate aspect of kid culture here.[/quote]

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