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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not typical friend behavior, OP. Something is very off with your son's reaction. Before you feel too sorry for the other mom you should talk to your own son and figure out what's going on.[/quote]
Look, I love my son, I am hurt by unkind responses in this thread regarding his behavior, but objectively I think he was being a sore loser and impulsive and maybe just tired/hungry/whatever. He also has some social awkwardness at times so maybe that played a role. I think I would sense it if the friend was truly mean, but they seem to have a good time when they hang out. This friend helps him with coding projects, so it’s not like he is bad kid. [/quote]

I also have a 11yo son and asked him what he would do in this situation. He said he would never tell the principal on his friend. So, perhaps your friend and this boy aren't as close as you think and he's willing to risk the friendship, or he really doesn't understand some of the social norms and there may be consequences to him socially because of this. That's what I would be worried about, and it sounds like you sense that. The trash talking is just par of the course with the boys. And obviously they should learn not to do it on school devices and to tone it down because parents may be listening, but that's just how guys talk to each other. Interestingly my son said he just assumed the school can read all the emails sent internally so in his mind this was an odd situation, he and his friends text each other outside of school. But they would not tattle on each other to the principal, they know that at 11.[/quote]

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