My friend and I have known each other forever, but her son is awful to mine.
He mocks him, takes his stuff and does that fake apology thing where he laughs while saying sorry.
My son does not want to hang out with him anymore.
I told my friend there was a problem and she said boys tease each other and mine is sensitive.
Maybe he is sensitive. Maybe her kid is also being a little jerk. Both things can exist.
Now she keeps asking why we are never free.
Do I tell her the full truth and probably damage the friendship, or keep making excuses until the kids are thirty?
Boys being boys is lazy language for nobody wants to parent this behavior.
Your son said he does not want to go. Believe him.
Sharing a room is not child abuse. Plenty of us survived and even learned to whisper.
Give them some control over setup and storage so it feels less like a punishment.
Make the office. You live there too.
Do not keep sacrificing your child to preserve an adult friendship.
The friend issue is different. Your kid should not have to keep taking it.
Protect your child first. The friendship can survive honesty or it was not much of one.
Tell her clearly. Vague hints are how this drags on for six months.