I say take him out of that school , away from that kid and enrol him somewhere else and lay dow nthe law with him his behaviour isn't acceptable and there need to be a conequense to his acttions. sounds like this kids bad news it might be hard but moving schools will help keep them apart without you forbidding it and making it seems more lucritive to your son. He's 8 your the parent sand up and don't back down, he needs to know that his behaviour is not on.

Ditto ^

Also It might help if you can try to persude your son to make new friends or even penpals, encourage polite and friendly people around so he can see the way this "friend" of his is behaving isn`t ok. Hopefully in time this friendship will end naturally but be aware this boy may turn on your son in which case again you would have to seek help from the school.

Financially there are always groups who can help you you just have to speak up and let them know you need there help!

Best of Luck hope this helps a little :)

sweetheart i would be discreetly taking this up with the school principal, and not telling your son or his friend about it.

even if it is by way of phone call so that they dont find out.

now im not one to encourage sneaking around your kids, but in a situation like this where your son is obviously being bullied, i think the secrecy would be in his best interest.

the school needs to be notified, and the teachers need to open their eyes a little more. i really hope his school can get it sorted for you.

Honey, you seriously need to take this up with his school!  Make sure your husband goes with you so you can support each other and tell them you want ehlp dealing with it before it escalates - as it appears to be already.  They should be on your side, and see the problems that are occurring especially if this is new behaviour for your son since he started ahnging around with the new "friend". 

If that falls on deaf ears, consider ahving the police come around and have a chat with our son - sometimes that is enough to scare kids back onto the right track.  but whatever you do - do it fast before the other kids completely gets his hooks into your boy!!

I wish you luck!  Sharon