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[quote=Anonymous]I would definitely take the higher ground at first, talking to the school etc. But in my experience this only works for your low level mean kids, who often aren’t true bullies just not very nice but can self correct and actually fear consequences.

I agree with fighting back, and make sure your kid knows that they won’t be in trouble at home if they do (all this anti bullying school messaging often makes naturally sweet/compliant kids thinking it’s really bad to do these things even in self defense) and I think learning some comebacks is good over time but there’s no way a quiet and shy middle schooler is going to be able to do any of these suggested things with ease. Which will make it worse if they get laughed at.

You need an older sibling or older neighbor to do it for them. If he’s in 6th grade and knows any especially cool 8th graders, that’s the best scenario. My girls are 2 years apart and my oldest daughter who is very socially savvy, ballsy, popular, fought a lot of battles for her sister and her friends. Her methods weren’t any better than some of the suggestions here and oh boy did they work.[/quote]

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