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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]7th grade?

I’d pivot here and take this friend in. You aren’t going to succeed in keeping them apart, outside of moving schools.

Bring the kid over and build a relationship with him where you can influence their mutual decisions. Your son is going through puberty and at 12/13/14 they want to prove how grown up they are, most kids at this age are attracted to being “bad” [/quote]

Hard no.  This kid is already on a steady negative trajectory probably due to a lot of factors.  Him coming to your house isn’t going to change that. You can’t reverse 12-13 yrs of bad parenting[/quote]

Good luck then. Op’s son will just participate without OP.

I’d personally want to observe the relationship dynamic. Because I find a lot of parents love to blame other kids, bc their kids are innocent angels in their eyes and it must be someone else’s fault always.

And you absolutely can influence their decisions or at least gain insight into the kid, his family, his motivations, which can also work in your favor if the kids need to be separated. This strategy has worked really well for me over the years. [/quote]

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