Well, I was wondering.

I wondered when it would happen.


The one benefit of the old school, horrible as it was, is that most of those kids there have known Grant his whole life, and even if they don't enjoy him, they are used to him.  This is the first chance he has had to be a stranger to other kids, and then attempt to find a place among them.


Today, Grant told me (unwillingly - I forced it out of him after suspicious indifference to saying goodbye when being picked up) that two boys in his class (of 10) bother him.  I asked for an example.  He says that they try to get him out every time there is a game.  They don't try to get everyone out.  They try to get him out.


I'm weighing my approach options:


1.  Try to find out what he is doing that makes the boys want to get Grant out.


2.  Tell Grant that one can't be everyone's cup of tea, and to learn to be polite to people who don't like him.


3.  Encourage a more positive, laid back attitude to all things, thereby coming off as more generally pleasing.


4.  Ask the school for more details about the situation.


5.  Let it go un-lectured.  It will either work itself out, or we the end of summer camp will happen.


6.  Tell Grant that he is probably over-reacting and that they are just being boys/or doesn't mean anything/doesn't mean much.


Thoughts?


In the meantime, maybe I will reinforce with Grant the things that he knows about himself:  He is a good reader.  He is a good runner.  He likes to help. 


His birthday is coming up, and we've only started shopping recently.  Summer is going quickly!


In other news, I walked by the Lost and Found when picking up the kids, and nothing of Abbie's was there!  She doesn't seem to have any social issues, and she has started finishing books she starts, but is still largely a slob.  We're working on it.


We're working on all of it.


Please, someone buy my house.  I'm dreading August the 14th.