Kids Who Need Friends And New Attitudes

Dr. Meg Meeker

Dear Dr. Meg,

Hi, I am a mother of a 10-year-old boy who has been harassed at school by other kids and even classmates for the pass 5 years.  It’s getting to the point that he asked me crying to change him to another class or he does not want to go to school anymore.  My husband asked the teacher what was going on, and the teacher said that the kids are just trying to help him keep up with the class.  The teacher said that he has difficulties focusing and he gets distracted easy.  His grades are not bad but he needs to study more than the other kids.

My son does not have any friends. Kids always laugh at him because he is not coordinated when he plays any sport activity. He attends Sunday school classes got baptized at age 7. Since this happened this school year he believes that Jesus does not love him because Jesus is allowing all this things to happen to him. My son has good behavior at school, but at home is different. If we ask him to do something while he is playing or watching TV, he will talk back at us in…

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