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Our kid -let's call it A- is in elementary school, several years in. Way back when.... in KG.... another kid (B) who gets off on trouble -specifically other people being in it was identified. B is smart -can find anyone's buttons -kid or adult. B soon realised that A was (a) short tempered and (b) naive in the interpersonal relationship field. Spent the year alternating between (a) picking on A until A exploded in anger and tears and running away (b) befriending A and persuading A to do things that would get A into trouble and then telling on A.....
We asked for them to be separated in the next grade and they were. Still played on the same soccer team, still had the same issues going on, but only a few hours a week is more maneagable.
But later, back together in class, A was told to stay away from B, but B can't leave A alone and it's like a moth to a flame.
So on Friday, B started beating the shit out of a kif for no apparent reason, "allegedly" somehow persuaded A to hold him and A admits to also hitting kid (let call them C) at some point, says not sure how or why that happened. This is lunch recess. lunch supervisor comes over, sees B kicking and hitting C, A (our kid) is not in the picture. writes a report to that effect
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