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This is why my future children will be in private school or home school. These public schools kill me with this "ohh that's what children do!" Until someone gets killed. They care about their own reputation and their funds before they care about their own students smh.
Im going to give some going against the grain advice from someone that was small in school and had to deal with things like this early on. Going to have to teach him to stick up for himself. No I don't mean being a bully or anything like that, but generally kids that get picked on are often repeatedly picked on because they're easy targets. Won't say how I fixed my problem, but...he's going to have to stand up for himself sooner or later.
Tell the bully's dad that if it happens again you are going to beat the crap out of the dad. Worked for me.
Good for you, Ansley. Sometimes the parental unit (or someone acting on their behalf) has to weigh in directly. I'm simply not going to allow my younguns to be bullied.
The school still needs to be put on notice and they need to be alert for bad conduct and take action to prevent it. But that alone may not be enough.
There is a life lesson here. If you are going to agree to fight someone, make sure you can fight. Otherwise you get beat down and your mom will spread your humiliation online.
I know that violence is frowned upon on this board, but if this thing doesn't die a natural death, then your son will have to try to stand up for himself (again). He may not have come out on top in the first physical altercation, but he could do well the next time around if you put him in some self defense or martial arts classes over the summer. That way, if he gets back to school in August and the other child still wants to act a fool, your son will be better prepared.
I agree with this 1000% but to be a little more specific, please don't enroll him in a "McDojo" where they will happily take your money in exchange for teaching him how to do nice Katas. There is nothing more worthless.
IMHO he will learn more in one week of a boxing class than he will in two years of karate classes. Brazilian Ju-Jitsu is extremely good too. The point though is to not be a victim... Once the bully realizes his favorite target is not to be F'd with then he will simply move on and find another one. The amount of pride and confidence that the previously bullied child will discover will be immeasurable too.
Unfortunately that's how it is, and until human nature changes then that's how its going to be.
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