Sorry, epoh, that must be really hard.
TBH, I don't think talking about things your friends like in preference to things you like is a reasonable expectation at 7. If your DS has been having behaviour difficulties that may have put people off until about a month ago, it may be that he just needs to hang in there... What do kids in his class talk about or do together apart from books and video games? I don't think my DS8 talks about those at school (and he'd largely be talking about different ones from his classmates, like your DS) but he has common ground in building things and making models (lego, k'nex etc.), which seems to be what he does with his friends at break. [ETA he does sometimes come home wanting to find out about some craze that he doesn't actually want to join in with but does want to know about a bit, e.g., he read Wikipedia articles on Pokemon the other day - maybe that's so that he can talk about it with his friends, so maybe I underestimate him, but really I doubt he goes much further than to choose topics from among the things he's interested in. Come to that, I don't think I often talk to my friends about things I'm not interested in :-)]
Given that his teacher is a good enough sort, have you tried to talk to him/her about your DS's saying he hates school? Regardless of whether they're competently meeting his educational needs (and urk to a school that "doesn't do" differentiation!), any teacher worth his/her salt will surely prick up ears and get thinking at that. Maybe s/he could suggest, and have a word with, one or two classmates who might be willing to make an effort to be friendly?
Last edited by ColinsMum; 12/07/11 08:52 AM.
