DS1 (8) is being bullied at school. He only told the school yesterday, following a complete breakdown after an incident in the cloakroom. School appear to be supportive and are going to take steps to "nip it in the bud"
From what DS1 has said though, it has been going on for a while, and has escalated, resulting in the physical incident yesterday. Im now kicking myself as he has been quite and withdrawn over the last few weeks, and not as keen to go into school, but we thought it was because of other issues.
He has mentioned to the teacher that he would like to be able to "defend himself" if he gets picked on again, so I was thinking of enrolling him in some sort of karate / kick boxing classes, but am a bit concerned about him then getting into trouble if he hurts the bullies whilst stopping them IYSWIM?
What other strategies can I give him to help him here? His self confidence is already quite low, so ideas on building that up would also help.
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MagicLlama · 08/12/2012 14:08
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