My son is 13 and ever since pre-school the "friend" situation has been somewhat a challenge for him. He is usually pretty good about making a friend, the problem is maintaining the friendship. It is the friend on the other end that loses interest. We have lived in our neighborhood for 12 years now and so he has practically grown up with all of the neighborhood kids, but thats just as far as it goes. These kids have teased and taunted him to the point that I want to just move, but it will probably be the same no matter where we live. My heart just aches on this topic!