It's getting to that point now where DS and his peers think they're much older and tougher than they are.
They're in year 6. About to start secondary school, fighting amongst themselves for that "alpha male" position.
Anyway, if truth be told, DS is a bit "girly and nerdy". I don't say this in a nasty way, he agrees with me. He's proud of who he is and he knows he will never play for England or be the most popular kid in the class, and he's fine with that.
However, the "Most popular kid in the class" has taken a real dislike to DS and harrasses him every night on the way home from school. At first it was just comments and taunts:
"gay" "faggit" "poof" "geek"
Then it progressed to tripping him up and throwing him around.
Still, I left it thinking DS has to learn to fight his own battles before secondary school.
But then, on Friday night this kid was shouting these insults to DS right accross a main road. When DS retaliated (by saying "you seen obsessed with sexuality and homosexuals, do you have something you want to tell us?" the kid sent a younger kid across the road to physically attack DS.
The kid tried to throw DS into the road (a busy, main road) right in front of a van. Luckily, DS does karate and reversed the throw so the other kid ended up on the floor.
This could have been nasty though. I'm trying to remain calm but tbh, I want to strangle the little shit. DS could have been killed.
Has it gone far enough? do I report them to the school/police or let DS continue to fight his own battles? They're 11 btw.