I’m worried that my child is being bullied

I’m worried that my kindergartner might be being teased a bit to much or bullied.

So I don’t know much but there’s a kid in my sons class who he always talks about. At first he loved this kid and would happily say “there he is!!! and would practically fall out the car door to catch up to him at the drop off on the morning.

He came home talking about how this new kid is absolutely CRAZY, and causes a lot of disruption in class. Everyday after school he would tell me a new thing that his friend did that wasn’t good or crazy. This kid takes my sons pencils and throws them on the ground. He ruins everyone’s artwork, pushes other peoples things of the desk, and never sits still.

He would laugh and just say how crazy his friend was and that sometimes he’s a little to much for him to handle.

Now, he is immediately irritated when he’s off from school. He gets mad at me for picking him up with the car because he wanted to walk, but if I show up walking, he gets mad that I didn’t bring the car. He’s getting mad at me for irrational things which I know is a kid thing but it’s escalating. He does this in the morning too, and he even ran around the car several times avoiding me because he didn’t want to go in the car! So unlike him! He is a big rule follower, and he loves to do his best, so these are red flags for me! I think I need to email the teacher but I’m not sure if I should yet.

There was another time I thought he was being picked on but I met him and his mom and we hung out, turns out the kid was just ALOT of energy and liked my son so much he couldn’t leave him alone for more than 5 seconds. This kid also did the same type of stuff but much less so then the new kid. There’s been a few other kids he mentioned that have been similar.

I think my son is the really sensitive and calm one and the crazy hyper kids cling to him like cling wrap. Our whole family is pretty mellow so I don’t think he’s used to so much energy from other personalities as well. When would be a good time to worry? I’ve never had a kid in school before so this is new to me.