My 7yr old 1st grade son, is excelling in school, he often is moved away from other kids in the classroom because is talking or distracting.
Their is one other child he really wants to be friends with. This particular child has a very "attractive" personality; Everyone wants to be his friend.
This "attractive" child's parents feel that my child is too physical and have asked that my child be kept away from him. Because these two boys did play together closely, there have been episodes of injury such as scratches and hitting.
Some of the conflict comes when he tries to play on the playground and he doesn't get positive attention from this child, or he gets negative response from other children who are trying to keep him away from the "attractive child".
Now my son has moved on to try to establish new friendships, and seems to be achieving this.
He has still had episodes once or twice weekly at school or daycare when he has hit other kids. The most recent involved him hitting an older child because that child would not give a necklace to another child.
One other circumstance involved the child calling him a name after my son made a goal on the playground.
We have grounded him (no friends, no screen time, etc) and we have taken away personal property (video games) and limited his attaining things he wants (a pet fish).
We have discussed the "hands to yourself" rule and the "just walk away" rule.
We are loving parents, he is an only child
Any help would be appreciated