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I have a nine year old friend with similiar issues. He is never like that to me, but heis aggressive towards well...pretty much everyone he doesn't consider his friend. I really think I'm too passive of a person to realy do much, but whenever he does start lashing out when I'm around I do make some efforts to stop, and ask him why he's doing what he is doing. Even though they are rarely helpful ("s/he's being a *****" doesn't really cut it as an explanation). I'm not his parent, or even his realative, so really I shouldn't even be concerned...but it really pains me to see him shoot himself in the foot with his mouth and his anger/agression issues as he barely has any friends, everybody except me who lives in the same area he does hates him. This isn't being said lightly, this one mom threatened to "call somebody" if he even looked or waved at her kids. His dad and sister are nice people (though on the irresponsible side) and ever since his mom left them to go to Albany o live with her boyfrind...over an hour away by the way, it just seems to make these issues worse. (I try helping him because I know I felt really angry and sad when my parents split up too) it's tough, I don't know what to do. I know I don't (and probably shouldn't) have to do anything but it's something I'm compelled to do.
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