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I'm sure you will involve the school administration, starting with the principal. I agree that you also should give your son the tools to defend himself emotionally and physically. Let him know that self-defense is just that, and should only be used if absolutely necessary. I bet that just knowing he could defend himself if he had to would help him stand up for himself, and not just by throwing a punch.
My friends son, who is a black belt in some kind of martial arts, got punched in the face on the school playground. He decided NOT to hit back. Both boys were sent to the pricipal. The other boy (who punched him) was suspended for 2 days, he was not. When my friend asked him why he didn't hit the boy back, he said he didn't need to, that if the boy hit him a second time, then he would have, but that it was over. He had the confidence NOT to hit back.
Knowing you can defend yourself if you need to gives a kid confidence.
A lot of schools do nothing about these issues. I hope this school does.
I do not understand parents who allow their children to go to a school where these bullying problems go unchecked. If there was a solution then great. But my child gets my protection, they are too immature to know how to handles these situations, if things didn't improve then my child would be out of there. Why should he/she be the experiment for social justice in the school?
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