I just came home from dropping my 4 year old off at school. He goes to pre-kindergarten at a Catholic school a couple blocks from us. This morning the gym teacher pulled me aside, and said "I need to talk to you." It turns out that all year, my son has been putting his hands in his pants, front and back, and then the other kids refuse to hold hands with him during the games they play in gym. Gosh -- I guess that explains why he doesn't seem to have made any friends at this school.

So any suggestions about how to make it absolutely clear that this is socially unacceptable, while at the same time not making him feel like he himself is disgusting? I'm so depressed about this, and feel so sorry for T. Would've been nice if the gym teacher had told about me about this earlier in the year...