My son is being bullied in school and is afraid to go to school. What can I do to stop this?

Caall the cops! Go talk to kids parents move him to a difftent school!

Since you have tried with the school and not had a good result, you have to bring the police into it. This will force the school and the boy's family to take this more seriously. Don't think this is an over-reaction. I know one boy who was bullied from kindergarten until 4th or 5th grade, when his mom finally called the police; they told her she should have called years ago. They talked to the school and to the bully's mom, who then came visiting drunkenly, but after that she stayed away. From then on the bully was mainly kept away from him, though he continued vandalizing the neighborhood. . The bully had his own problems of course, but that is no excuse for letting him hurt others. Maybe if the police had intervened when he was 5, he wouldn't have been vandalizing the neighborhood at 10. You might want to change schools; that's up to you. Karate classes might actually be a good idea too. I have seen young children avoid fights a number of times, due to the skills they learn in karate; largely the psychological skills. E.g. my daughter avoided fights by saying "It wouldn't be fair, I'm an orange belt!" LOL One boy I knew used his karate confidence to escape from various attacks by other children, then walking off to tell the teacher. Karate also had the advantage of improving his coordination so he no longer broke things or accidentally hurt his friends.

my little cousin was going thru this same problem (not as bad as your son tho) but i think you should talk to the principle and have him moved to another classroom if its possible, try contacting the bullies parents and talk to them with OUT the bullie around the last option would be switching school if thats possible if money isnt an issue, try putting your boy in karate. itll teach him great self defense

Your story breaks my heart :( Why does bullying even exist?! If my little boy was being pushed around by some punk, I would march over to his house and make it absolutely CLEAR to him that if he doesn't knock it the eff off, there will be consenquences. Talk to his parents. Maybe even consider having your son switch schools if the bullying doesn't stop. If that little turd doesn't listen to you, have your husband chat with him. Just because that kid's life sucks doesn't mean he has to take it out on your son. OH! And be there for your little boy. He needs you now more than ever. You have no idea how many kids kill themselves because they were being bullied. GOOD LUCK! You guys can get through this.

this is totally unacceptable. For a start u need to walk with ur son to school, do not let him travel to and fro alone because of the circumstances. If there are two classes for ur childs age group, get him moved to the other class immediately. tell ur son to immediately go to the teacher if someone ever physically abuses him and get help. Help ur son make friends in his class by talking to other parents and organising an after school playdate or a weekend were u can meet up at the park. Encourage ur child to stay away from this kid where ever he can and stay with his friends. Teach him some things he can say to the kid in return such as "stop being so mean and leave me alone" in a firm voice and then just keep walking.

if the school not doing any thing about it i would go to the school board the people in charge of the staff and the school your son goes to. I would also pull ur son out of that school and let him start fresh at another school, where he make new friends even better ones have teachers that actually care about students and bulling specially at such a young age. I would also call a meeting with the school princpal, the school child and his mum, your husband and son and teacher to talk about this issue...

notify the school they deal with this often

I was bullied worst last year. 1.You need to get a friend or family member who is a lawyer 2.With this friend or family member go to the person higher then the principal 3.Make sure he knows everything that happened 4.Bring your son 5.Say that you have gone to the principal and teachers 6.Lawyer must leave card for the women or man you have talked too 7.They will fear to ever even mess with you again nowing you know to go to this level

Go talk to the chair governor and get her to speak to the Principal as the chair governor is the principal's boss and tell him/her to stop him and inform the parent's. If it keeps going on send him too a different school.