Glasses (micky takers)

[Thaigal]

My 8 year old son wears glasses, today he came out of school upset saying that a few boys (or one inparticular) have been taking the mick. I've been backwards and fowards about bullying since september but always about older kids, never this boy in his class.

I'm worried that if I go in about this it's going to look like I'm an over-protective mum that jumps at the chance to go in and complain!

So is it worth going in about or should I just leave him to sort this one out on his own?

Personally I would leave it.

Thaigal,my son was mildly teased about having freckles when he was in yr one. I'm not sure how to advise, but in our case we had a long talk all about how silly bullies were and how appearing upset makes them really happy. I said it was like food for them and if you just laugh it off or agree (to really throw them) it makes all the bullying run out of energy. probably a crap approach and no help at all to you, but I hope you get it sorted out. Best of luck.

Maybe worth finding some examples of people who wear glasses the boys (& your DS) consider to be "cool" - gives him something to say back to them & try & deal with it himself... but if it continues though I would have words - no kid deserves to be picked on because of a disability (which essentially having bad eyesight is, albeit a mild one).

I am no expert but my nephew wears glasses he is now 7 1/2, cool people to him who wear glasses are Harry Potter (of course) and Peter Parker aka Spiderman, and Clark Kent aka Superman.

He had to wear patches over his lazy eye, was heartbreaking.

Think that talking it through and giving him examples of names they could call him means he has heard them before and then is not caught off guard. Laughing with them helps, also actually pretending not to see them if you know what I mean, and perhaps saying aloud, well I know I can hear someonone, and I can smell someone etc etc they do feed on the upset and fear.