Friendship Trouble at School in Spain
Talk with your child, their tutora and other parents when friendships go wrong at a Spanish school.
In Spain every class has a tutor or tutora, and parents ask for a tutoría, a one-to-one meeting, through the school office. Kids fall out at el recreo and in class WhatsApp groups, and parents swap advice at the school gate. These cards follow one parent from a worried chat at home to the tutoría and the gate.
- 1
Mi hijo está un poco de bajón últimamente.
My son has been a bit down lately.
- 2
No quiere ir al cole.
He doesn't want to go to school.
- 3
¿Ha pasado algo con tus amigos?
Has something happened with your friends?
- 4
No me dejan jugar con ellos en el recreo.
They won't let me play with them at break.
- 5
Me han echado del grupo de WhatsApp.
They've kicked me out of the WhatsApp group.
- 6
Me puedes contar lo que sea, ¿vale?
You can tell me anything, okay?
- 7
Quería pedir una tutoría con la tutora de mi hijo.
I'd like to request a meeting with my son's class teacher.
- 8
Hemos notado que está más callado en clase.
We've noticed he's quieter in class.
- 9
¿Crees que se trata de acoso escolar?
Do you think it's bullying?
- 10
De momento parece más bien un pique entre amigos.
For now it looks more like a falling-out between friends.
- 11
Vamos a estar pendientes en el recreo.
We'll keep an eye on things at break.
- 12
No quiero que se sienta señalado.
I don't want him to feel singled out.
- 13
Estaría bien que hicieran algún trabajo en grupo juntos.
It'd be good if they did some group work together.
- 14
Cualquier cosa, me vas contando.
If anything comes up, keep me posted.
- 15
A esa edad los críos son muy cambiantes.
Kids that age change their minds all the time.
- 16
Mi hija pasó por lo mismo el año pasado.
My daughter went through the same thing last year.
- 17
¿Por qué no invitas a algún compañero a casa el sábado?
Why don't you invite a classmate over on Saturday?
- 18
No le des demasiada importancia delante de él.
Don't make a big deal of it in front of him.
- 19
Al final se arreglaron las cosas.
Things got sorted out in the end.
- 20
Ya vuelve a ser el de siempre.
He's back to his old self.