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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry. Some kids are such jerks.

How old? I suspect it will pass pretty quickly, as that kind of exclusion thing targeting one kid usually does.

Does your son like reading? Bringing a book he's really into for a few days could help him feel occupied and independent.

Or if he likes baseball, he could bring a tennis ball and throw off the wall himself.

My approach would be to help him find a way to be OK being on his own until this phase passes, which it will. Exclusion seems less fun when the kid being excluded doesn't offer the excluders the pleasure of seeming powerful.

I'd talk with him about this--that some kids can only feel good about themselves by being mean to other kids. That it will pass. That learning to be comfortable on his own is not a bad thing. That having this sort of experience will make him a more empathetic person. My [code]parents gave me a similar talk when a bunch of girls excluded me in 5th grade, and I still look back on it as a touchstone--a moment when I started to understand how temporary this crap is.

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Good luck, OP.[/quote]

[b]thanks - this what I needed this morning. A "band-aid" and ideas! [/b]
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