My 7 year old son has been having problems in school making and keeping friends. He's an active kid, like to play and be goofy. He doesn't share a lot of the interests of the other boys in his school - namely sports, baseball cards etc. It seemed like he was starting to make friends with a 2-3 boys, but now he's telling me that they don't like him anymore. When I question him he tells me that everyone hates him and that when he says hi they tell him to go away. He says that nobody is interested in what he is interested in and nobody wants to play the way he does -- all they care about is sports. I've spoken to his teacher about this issue and she suggested we try and have him develop a friendship with one boy who he seemed to get along with, and that seemed to be working out for a little while, but now, like I mentioned above, apparently this kid no longer likes my son. My son told me tonight that you can't trust friends, that they only last a week. He said he finally thought he had one good friend and now he doesn't have that. This is the first time that he has expressed to me that his lack of friends bothers him. It's breaking my heart and I'm not sure what to do. We are having him join Cub Scouts; the first meeting is in a few days and I'm thinking about finding him a therapist that can help with social skills.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you.