I think you did the right thing, too, and the ice cream's a nice touch as well. His ability to stand up for himself will come in handy as he matures, too.

One thing I hope you did, though, is also make the school aware of the bullying situation, even if the kids are now friends. Most decent schools these days have a pretty strong policy against that, and they need to know it's happening because chances are if the bully was bullying your kid, he's probably also bullying others, too. The kids who get bullied and don't stand up for themselves are at risk for later troubles, as is the bully himself. Mr. D's exactly right that the ones who fall into the perpetual victim role are the ones who can later snap and bring automatic weapons to school. I don't think you have to make a big deal of it. Just talk to the principal or the teachers and tell them you think they need to be aware of the problem in case it's an ongoing pattern.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Bullies!!! My son is one of the sweetest kids EVER, and he had been getting picked on in school. Particularly during basket ball practice. Anyway, we sat down and talked about it the other night, and I told him that he needs to stand up for himself. I don't know if this was the right thing to do, but he took my advice, and got in a fight during practice today, err yesterday. My son said he won the fight, but I told him that winning and losing a fight doesn't really matter. I said what matters is you stood Rating: 5