Just read the whole thread. Eric, you handled the situation very maturely. Congratulations. I'm glad the system finally took you seriously and got their ducks in a row and remedied the situation. As a father of 4, 10 yr old girl, almost 8 yr old girl, and 6 yr old twins - boy and girl, I've had to deal with this a couple times myself, but on a lesser level.
We had a boy on the bus be mean to my middle daughter, and after a couple instances when he wouldn't stop, I went on the bus and told the bus driver, and then told her that my daughter wanted to point him out to me, which she said was okay. So as my daughter was pointing to him, he looked up from behind the seat, and I gave him the "look". That's all it really took for him, and then the bullying stopped.
Something similar happened to my oldest daughter, but it was another girl, talking and being mean to her. It turned out that I knew, and was friends with, the parents. I told my daughter to tell the girl that I wanted to know how Dusty and Tina (the parents) were doing and wanted to get together with them sometime. Well, that little bit of info changed the girl's attitude and she has been nice to my daughter ever since.
So kudos to you and your son. Hope it stays good for him.
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