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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Man . . .  I don't think getting a lawyer involved would be worth the trouble or $.  If we're talking about a 1 day suspension, I'd just deal with it, help your son learn his lesson to keep his cool and move on.

The tough thing here is that I'm not sure your son was completely wrong.  Sometimes bullies need to be stood up too and ignoring and turning the other cheek don't always work.  Maybe role play how you can stand-up for yourself firmly, without name calling or swearing for future use.  Also, you have a teaching moment here that sometimes we have to suck-it-up when the ref/ principal/ or others in power make a less than perfect decision.  We can't fight everytime we feel aggrieved.  The world is unfair sometimes.  Because this is a situation where you belive your son was somewhat at fault, I would not want to send the message that this is a case where we get a lawyer.

Short of a lawyer, have you asked for a copy of anti-bullying policy that is being applied.  I'd read the policy and make sure their treatment of your son and the other kid complies with the written policy.

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I am sure my child was in the wrong, we can't just go up to everyone who disrespects us and call them assholes...What if he learned to fall back on this anyway, and called his boss an asshole when he grew up. I have no problem with the fact that my son was punished, just that the other kid seems to have gotten off without any punishment. Its also not something we were not prepared for: we talked with DS several times about respecting others views and ignoring stuff like this. We understand that there are people out there who don't approve of what me and my husband are committed to, and that often they (like some others on our side) are disrespectful towards others, we just have to be able to restrain ourselves from falling to their level and starting petty arguments which end up being winless.

We read the anti-bullying policy that was in the parent handbook (with the phone directory and rules). It pretty much was standard fare, saying that words and actions targeted towards a person with no reason or provocation based on some unchangeable aspect of their personality, appearance, or actions. [/quote]

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