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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately there really is no great advice. You can tell a kid that age anything but whatever their peers say will rule their life. Personally I was overweight AND short, and they always made fun of me for being fat. Interestingly, they never said a thing about my height. After I lost weight I dated many taller women and didn't ever hear that being short was viewed as negatively until I hit my 30s (thanks, internet). Guess what? Other kids at school were teased for having acne. I knew people who were teased for being too skinny and weak. People were teased because of their haircuts, their clothes, the type of music they listened to, the car their parents drove or they drove, the area of town they lived in, etc. At the end of the day it's the school's responsibility to make sure this kind of thing doesn't go overboard and that they create a culture of respect and positivity, but there's only so much they can do. You, his grandma, his teacher, even his closest friends can tell him he's awesome and it still won't really matter much because the teasing is louder and more impactful in his own mind[/quote]

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