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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even with the additional details, something still feels off.  Frankly, shy smart kids generally aren't bullied from what I've seen.  They stay out of the way and may be lonely or unhappy (which obviously isn't good!) but they aren't typically the kids who are picked on.  And in 2nd grade teachers are usually really on top of the new kid and would be protective and looking out for bullying.

So... as others have said... I think you need to figure out what else is going on.  There is something about his social interactions that are making him a target.  Maybe it's autism, maybe he thinks he's so much smarter than the other kids and points that out to them all the time, maybe it's ADHD, or maybe he's just a jerk.  None of us know that.  You may not even know that.  But something's going on that doesn't sound typical.

I'm so sorry you are both going through this.  I know how hard it is to watch your kid struggle.[/quote]

He doesn't stay out of the way (I did at that age, so I know exactly what you're talking about). He's desperate to be included, even though he's shy and terrified of rejection, and his private school was small enough that there weren't really cliques. All the boys played together, so if you were excluded by one, you were excluded by all. His public isn't that much bigger. Middle school obviously will be, but I know bullying ramps up then, too. [/quote]

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