I just love what Crazy 151 said, so very true, lol.
Sad to say , Scooter bullies are not going to go away. No matter what you say to the principal or teachers the bullies will find a way to make fun of him. I have to agree, let your son, knock the mess out of them,,,LOL maybe he can stop them one at a time. But then again, that is just the reaction of one protective mother to another. I know fighting is not the best way to handle it ... but....?
My son , Jake, 15 yrs old was lifting weights with his dad and got so mad and was yelling about his elbow. His elbow somehow didn't grow in the socket right and sticks out like an egg on the tip of the elbow bone. I have taken him to doctor and doctor and they said that for that kind of rare problem, leaving it alone is the best thing. If they operated on it , he could lose function of that arm to a great degree. But they might can make it look better. One doctor told him, that he doubted that the elbow willl have any effect on him gettting the attention of the pretty girls, since he is so handsome. This made he smile.
Anyway, he was made at the world yesterday because he does have limited motion in his elbow and wondered why , why does he have to have this problem, it hurts sometimes, and people make fun of it. And he is a smart boy, we talk about how petty people can be, but he said he knows they are just kids, but it does make him feel self conscious and it hurts his feelings. I told him we dont know what happened to his elbow, the doctors have no clue as to why it his elbow is slowly turned that way. He was not born that way, but they say it could have been there and just didnt show up till he was 5 or 6.
I told him I know it is something everyone says, but so true, ,, when you think you have it bad, ,,, there are many others that have some kind of physical problems alot worse than you do. He says he knows, that is true. Jake can do so much , and is starting offensense on his football team. But he did have tears in his eyes thinking about a local boy I reminded him of.
This boy was 11 or so and broke his neck, diving into the lake. The boy is at all the games in a wheel chair, and cant even walk. I told Jake that I bet that boy would trade places with him anyday. Not to really minimize Jake's feelings of hurt but to think that he can at least do as much as he can with his elbow. We talked to him about streaches to make it more limber , and how proud we are of him. He agreed that he just gets a little tired and didnt mean to yell about his elbow, just tired of the limitations.
It really broke my heart to see him so upset over something we can't fix. Kids at school really love Jake and they still call him ELBOW,,, just to pick. The older kids get the easier it is for them to pick right back. If it would have happened when he was your son's age, it would have been more hurtful to him, Jake was a very sensitive little boy too back then. Being a teen , he has gotten more tough skinned about things, but sometimes it still builds up in him.
I agreee that the martial arts might be just the thing. It helps with the mind, and makes a person think of their inner strenghts , which might inspire him to do other sports. I know he will grow into his body, it is a hard time for a young guy.
Good idea about his birthday party. I know throwing the ones we have has been expensive, it would have been cheaper and probably better for my youngest son is we would have just taken 2 or 3 of his bests buds to a movie. Not so much pressure on everyone.
Please let me know how your son is doing, God , i remember being the very short skinny kid, that had no boobs...............LOL,,,, well high school changed everything, I was still short, but had a pretty good little figure. Still got called shorty,, but hey I had other good attributes... LOL Just remind him like crazy 151 said,, time will be on his side soon enough....
( I am still short,,,,,, but not skinny anymore,, darn.)
Love ya sis, Dede
