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Queenie60
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Have you considered changing schools? I am so sad to hear that your son is being bullied. It's unfair that you must deal with this -
I send you big heart hugs.arkieb1|1444702980|3937684 said:I feel you pain house cat, my son is 7 his bully is 8 they are in second grade. Just before the end of term 3 which was a few weeks ago now (there are 4 terms in our system) the bully said to my son I am going to kill you, I am going to poke your eyes out. He then proceeded to throw a sharp pencil at my sons head narrowly missing one of his eyes.
The bully has been punching and kicking my son and telling him things like he should just "go kill himself" which is a totally inappropriate thing for one child to say to another. My son has gone from a child that loved school to one that doesn't want to go and "feels sad and is never happy" as reported by one of his teachers. He has also gone from being one of the top children academically in his class to being distracted, wont do his work and can't focus.
My son is a quiet child who is liked by all his teachers and most of his peers, the bully is a child with behaviour issues, who bullies a lot of the students apparently. We are working with the school, which is generally a good school, to attempt to resolve the situation but it's very disturbing and incredibly frustrating as a parent. All children have the right to feel safe and happy at school.
House Cat said:Things went well yesterday. The Student Resources Officer came down and spoke to the bully. Of course, the bully lied and said he NEVER had any issues with my son, that he didn't threaten my son, and then that he did threaten my son, but it was because my son kicked him. My son didn't kick him. The police officer told him how serious things were and that his presence meant that things have gotten very, very serious. Adults are put in jail for threatening to kill people and so are children. It was time to stop.
The kid is suspended. I don't know for how long. He was also kicked out of band. My son is also in band. The kid was a troublemaker in band and was told that if he did one more thing, he would be kicked out. My son is SO relieved to go to band without this kid. There will be an adult assigned to the bully at every recess to ensure my son's safety.
My son slept soundly last night and played full heartedly on the playground today.
I am very happy that I contacted the police because now they are in the loop. I won't have any problem calling them again if anything else happens with this kid.