New School, New Worries

Had an induction meeting today at Will's new school in September. It started out all exciting until the classes were announced.

Unbelievably Williams close circle of mates have all been split into pretty much two classes and William has ended up in a class on his own without a single mate in there! We just couldn't believe it! It would be hard to pull a name out of a hat and not pick somebody from his school he doesn't play with and yet he's ended up on his own.

However our worries about his reaction were confirmed when we got back and told him. For him, his world had just ended. He put on a brave face for about 20 minutes and just went very quiet, but then when asked if he was OK the bottom lip went and escalated into full on sobbing. Talk of his mates not playing with him any more and being picked on. I know how to cope with bad behavior but it kills me to see him upset and there's nothing you can do to make it right for him. Lucy then joined in and I had to pick up all the pieces! Luckily we realized somebody he played rugby with was there and we managed to point him out on a photo so that helped a little. Then a couple of text messages from older siblings of friends about how jealous they were of his teacher because he's the 'coolest' in the school finally got him to bed.

The good news is he's got one of the best teachers there and we've had nothing but rave reviews about him. He also seems perfect for William as he responds better to male teachers and he seems to be the type that makes learning 'fun' which is exactly what William needs (To be tricked into it!). I honestly think this will be better for him in the long run. His biggest problem is his talking too much in class so this will hopefully slow that up for a while! He also makes friends quickly so it won't be long to there's a new bunch of smirking faces knocking the door to see if he can play out!

Fingers crossed about how the others act in the playground tomorrow.

I feel completely drained. Parenthood is so challenging. It's the worst feeling in the world seeing your child distressed and you can't do anything other than tell them everything's going to be OK.