I agree....but if he allows bullying to exploit his life he will always be in fear. I also agree that it's damaging to the self esteem and I sympathize with his situation, especially since I had experienced very similar circumstances. I just hope this can be viewed from a child's perspective as well. Being a parent you will naturally want to raise hell and protect your child. But being the child, this may put fuel on the fire. I was twelve once.

Actually, my story is when I was twelve/thirteenish, I had a friend who sort of back stabbed me by spreading my personal business around school. I was embarrassed then harassed. I mentioned this to my mother and she fueled the situation by smacking the girl off our friend porch the next day. The situation worsened at school, people wanted to attack me. If my mother would have considered the consequences for me at school she may have held back.

I fear that if he raises hell, gets people in trouble, and so forth that it will worsen the situation, that's why I say teach self defense, let the child learn to deal with crude people because they will be around forever. This is a life lesson, a %#@&#! one.