Bullying at cricket club

[Logicalwannabemother]

Hi mums, my son is getting bullied at his cricket club. He is in year 8 and is the type of person to ignore, no matter how much you insult him. They kept calling him a nerd and socially awkward. He is good at academics (not set 1 everything). I think it is because of his huge depth of the language, he uses a lot of advanced words sometimes. I don’t know if he is well, he keeps on saying he is fine. I know there is a lot going on, he is in his existential nihilist phase as well, he reads too much of this Nietzsche whatnot. Anyways what should I do. He is also going to an academically competitive school with a lot of posh kids going with him. Is this going to be too much for him to cope with?

Kids of this age tend to give others names according to anything about them that is slightly different - can be to do with appearance or a skill they have or a difficulty they have or something they wore once or said once or anything and nothing. Bit of a leap to call it bullying and start two threads about it.
If your dc is 'different' in ANY way, then your job as a parent is to give them the skills to reply to something they don't like, or to learn to 'own it'.
One of my dc had a T-shirt that said 'geek and proud' at one point, for example.
You could practice replies if you think it is bothering him, or, as I say, accept that (from your description) he does attend an academically competitive school, so perhaps he should agree with what they are saying - that usually confuses them.

Perhaps you should look at your own attitudes and use of language too though . It seems odd to start a thread to complain about 13yrs olds calling their peers names, but then for you to lump a whole lot of other young people together as "posh kids"

Speak to the coach and if that gets you nowhere speak to the welfare officer. There is a degree of banter in most sports teams amongst young teens but if it is upsetting him it needs to be addressed.

@Kite22 i am not saying posh in a bad way. I am just mentioning it to add context. My son has come to terms with the the fact that he is a nerd and has no problem with it. I think it may be my fault as an overprotective parent; he is my only child (single baby syndrome).