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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you are being very sensible in judging reactions to your son based on reciprocal invites.  This is exactly what we do when a boy that my son doesn't like or that I don't particularly like tries to be friends with my son.  I would encourage my son to say yes occasionally to an invitation, especially a birthday party, to be nice, but we wouldn't invite the boy to our house, or, again to be nice, we would do it a little but not nearly as much.  Heck, I do this for myself -- if I make an overture or two to a person to get together and they don't initiate a response, I figure they have enough friends 
and don't feel the same connection I do and don't keep
trying.  So, what to do?  I think the advice to keep him busy with activities and family time is a good one.   That's what I do for my other kid who has difficulty making friends. I would also consider some therapy/social skills coach.  It seems to me a little out of the norm for someone to continue to try to be friends with a kid who said he hates you and never likes you.   I feel like he needs some skill sets that maybe an expert or third party could give him, rather than a parent.  Good luck. [/quote]

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