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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good friend has a DS the same age as mine (7).  The kids play together, but her child plays extremely rough.  Cannot keep his hands to himself, and seems incapable of listening to instructions from adults. He was kicked out of 2 preschools and now a summer camp.  His k and 1st grade teacher apparently suggested testing for ADHD, but my friend and her husband feel that he is "just being a boy."  I haven't asked about any diagnoses from medical professionals, nor has she volunteered this information.

Tonight both families were at dinner.  My son asked to go to the bathroom.  The other boy ran back to the bathroom as well.  After  a couple of minutes I asked my husband to go check on them.  He found them both in the same stall.  The other boy had utinated on my son.  My husband scolded him and the other boy said he thought my son was trying to pee on him.  My son protested and I believe him, we have never had any issue remotely like that.

My so is generally a well behaved child, no problems at school, etc.  These friends are starting to talk about sleepovers, etc.  We just say that our son isn't ready, even though our son has had sleepovers with other friends.

I love my friend, I've known her since we before kids.  I don't know what to do, but after toni[/quote]

Keep the friend but avoid having the boys play together. My DS had a friend who was extremely aggressive- I tried to be nice/understanding and guess what? The kid slammed my son's face into a concrete floor-- only a bloody lip, thank goodness. Shame on me for not acting earlier.

Another guess what- the boys are older and the aggressive friend is turning into an amazing kid. Natural intensity and aggression has been channeled into sports. After the concrete floor incident, I avoided the mother/ son and when we ran into each other, I never left the boys alone together. After about a year it turned around. [/quote]

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