Oh shellymos, how sad! Your little guy has always sounded like such a great kid to me--I love when you tell stories about the things he does!
It doesn't sound like he wants to talk about it much right now--is there a "stealth" way you could find to support him/find out what happened, like reading him some books about other outside-the-box kinds of kids? (I'm sorry, I'm groping here--I'm not in one of the helping professions, I'm just a flute player!) Others will surely have better suggestions, but maybe this might be a start. (I dunno, maybe Homer Price, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler, even Ferdinand or Wee Gillis, maybe Pippi???)
Hope he's feeling more cheerful soon--
minnie
