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School friendships become difficult for parents to navigate when one child repeatedly ignores another child’s boundaries.

This mother watched an eight-year-old classmate cling to her son, insult him, push him, and continue bothering him after being told to stop.

Repeated messages to the boy’s mother produced little explanation, followed by a noticeably cold encounter at drop-off.

Read on for the full story.

AITA Mom at school apparently doesn’t like

This started last school year. My son has a best friend.

But that year, he was also playing with another boy a lot.

In a school meeting, I saw his mom, and I mentioned that mine and her son are kicking it off.

Shortly after, she texted me about a play date, which I agreed to.

They had fun in the play date, and she asked for another the next week.

This woman noticed that the other boy was too clingy with her son.

We were busy with sports and family, so we didn’t plan another.

Shortly after, I went to their field day and I noticed that boy was too clingy with my son.

He wouldn’t let him talk to any other boy.

I told mine that he can give himself space.

And that other boy was mad when my son wouldn’t play with him.

The boy called her son a liar.

The next week, when I was dropping off my son, the mother and her son were near me.

The boy called my son a liar and said something I didn’t understand.

His mom whisked him away before I could ask him.

I didn’t like where this was headed, so I texted her and asked what he said and if everything was okay.

But she ignored me.

She texted the boy’s mom what the issue was, but didn’t get any clear response.

A few weeks after, that boy pushed my son in class and he fell on a desk.

They had to go to the office, and the boy had to apologize.

I texted her again and asked if there’s an issue, because the last thing we need is confrontation.

She said he apologized and didn’t state further.

The boy continued to do mean things to her son.

In the end-of-year party, they went to a pool.

The boy was trailing my son at times and spraying him with a water gun.

My son yelled at him to stop, and she didn’t correct him. They’re 8.

After this, a mom said she thinks he has some delay.

It seems maybe ADHD, but I’m not sure.

Now, her son and the boy are in different classes, and the mom continues to ignore her.

This year, he and my son are in different classes.

I’m not sure if she asked the admins to separate them.

However, today I saw her while dropping off my son, and I was going to greet her, but she coldly looked away.

Not sure what I did to warrant that. Perhaps my texts asking her what’s wrong bothered her?

I know my son wasn’t mean to hers. If anything, my son is a pushover. I’m really not sure what her issue is.

Let’s read the responses of other people to this story.

This person makes a valid point.

This user shares a personal thought.

This one has a serious question.

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Finally, who cares, says this one.

This concerned mother was reasonable to ask about repeated incidents, but the other parent was not obligated to become friendly or explain her attitude.

Future problems should go through teachers and administrators, keeping the focus on behavior instead of speculation about diagnoses or hidden motives.

The schoolyard drama somehow assigned homework to the adults.