Like you say with 4 weeks left and this happened back in February you already feel like you have a good handle on the situation. �I hear you saying your son�wants to play with the other boy. � If that's the case what can you do? �You can forbid it. �You can have a long philosophical discussion about respect for yourself, respect for others, mostly respect for yourself. �Make sure he's self aware of how we ultimately decide how we are treated. �You've already outlined several options he has. � He can simply say, "I don't like that" when another kid begins �taunting even if he already intends to stay and exchange insults. �( or else if not, obviously tell him he's free to play foursquare with three other children and he can make it as clear as he'd like he doesn't want to play with that one kid ever..). ��
Firmly assure him that he has choices but upsetting younger relatives is definitely not one of them.


Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar