Originally Posted by Kriston
I did read somewhere that some huge percentage of bullying (85% sticks in my head, but I could be way off there.) stops if someone--anyone--says something about it. For that reason, I'm not sure that ignoring it is a good idea. Maybe a quiet "That's not very nice" would help? So much depends upon your personality though...

Mostly I'm just sorry you and your son are going through this. frown
Thanks. I'm pretty assertive (also professionally so ;-) but in a situation where I can't actually do anything except talk, I don't think I believe that saying something helps; certainly didn't help me when I was the one being bullied. And I'm afraid of making matters worse, by giving them the fun of showing that they can ignore me with impunity :-(

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