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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And while I appreciate everyone's comments on the bullying, I'm really more concerned about the school refusal at this point. DS is humiliated by the suspension, by the fact no one seems willing to forget about it, and he's terrified this other child will hurt him again. He went to school today, but he cried all the way there.

We've had meetings (DH is involved). The principal insists DS is taking things harder than he should. His therapist is working with him, but DS is so afraid his classmates will find out he needed therapy and use that to bully him further that he doesn't participate well. [/quote]

You need to present a clear and united front that DS goes to school, crying or not. Your son sounds very anxious and you cannot over accomodate otherwise he’ll end up refusing all school. [/quote]
He's not anxious, he has a justifiable fear of physical injury. [/quote]

Look, the other kid tripped him - he didn’t actually threaten him with a gun. It’s not great and should be addressed, but you do not let your kid stay home because he is “scared.” [/quote]

Right, threatening with a gun doesn't actually cause physical injuries like he recieved. [/quote]

well folks here’s the answer - the way to get a great case of school refusal is to freak out and tell your kid that being tripped by a 10 year old is the same as having a gun pulled on them, sue the kid, file a police report, then pull your kid from school to homeschool so they don’t commit suicide.

geez, do you even hear yourselves??[/quote]
Do you hear yourself? This kid was physically assaulted and is being continuously tormented by bullies. How long would that fly in a work place? Why do kids have less rights than adults? If I came to your workplace and punched your tooth out, you wouldn't call the police and sue me? [/quote]

it’s not a workplace - it’s a school with kids. if you can’t understand the difference then I don’t know what to tell you. I think OP should take the bullying seriously and demand the school separate the boys and monitor them at recess. But absolutely zero is gained by ridiculous over-dramatizing. [/quote]

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