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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What age and grade? [/quote]

13, 7th [/quote]

Sorry people are giving you a hard time.  I understand your dilemma and yes there are “bad” kids that can be a terrible influence on others.

So you’ve eliminated socializing with him outside of school, right? How much time are they spending together at school? I’m assuming they switch classes every hour so they likely aren’t in class together much or at all.  Is this just lunch?

Keep your son in an academic schedule that doesn’t match friend’s..maybe more advanced classes, band as an elective, etc. Start planning now for summer.  I would send him to a good multi week boys sleepaway camp, if you can. Not only are they amazing anyhow, but that will widen his pool of friends, keep his busy, and expose him to other boys and adults that are doing mostly positive things. If you can’t do that, then arrange sports and academic camps at home to keep him occupied and engaged in positive things and people.  See what things look like after summer and switch schools if summer ends up bringing them closer rather than making distance [/quote]

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