Hi K!
Very nice of the older boy to befriend a first year! Usually they would not be seen dead with a younger boy! It must be a big help to Bailey to have him there. My friend’s daughter started secondary school in September. She would not fit in to the "tall/slim/pretty" bracket so you can imagine how she grew ten feet, when the good looking 15 year old son of another work colleague sidled up beside her at break time and said "how’s it going J?" All the girls were enviously asking "How do you know him?"
Starting high school can be either made or break time. My son only recently told me how a neighbour’s son bullied him very badly at that time. He was too scared to tell! My gut reaction all those years later was to get that creep and crack his skull! Charity or common sense prevailed and we had a good laugh at how pathetic some of these 13 year old" he men" with low self esteem will go to any level to defend their own position. That young man is still around. He hasn’t change! Another one on the forgiveness list!
