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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Quick update is that I got a call from the coach today. He noticed my son “wasn’t having fun” yesterday and his coach and parental antennae went up. Without giving too many specifics I told him I appreciated the call and mentioned while DS was being given a hard time by his teammates, we were working on mental toughness.

I don’t know if someone else said something to him, but I felt like he might have been fishing for information.

Nonetheless, initially appreciated the call and we both said we’d keep our eyes on this.

We’ll each this over the next few weeks. All good. And thanks for all the great advice here DCUM. [/quote]

Best advice on this thread was to tell your son to punch the kid square in the face if it happens again.[/quote]

No it wasn't.  Punching is how you handle physical bullying.  Verbal bullying has to be handled verbally.  If a kid tells you you suck and you punch him, then your teammates will rightly blame you and the problem will get much worse.[/quote]

Nah, a kid keeps ragging on you verbally, you drop him.  99/100. It takes care of the problem.  I'm not saying...a kid says you suck once and you punch him, but if it gets to a certain point, you pop him.[/quote]

That sounds more like the a solution for someone without the intellectual and social firepower to deal with the situation another way than the best solution to me.  I like to be guided by Sun Tzu in these matters:

[i]"Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting."[/i][/quote]

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