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re: OT dads, how do you deal with bullying?

Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:01 pm to
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
20187 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:01 pm to
Don't respond on social media. Your son can confront him at school and tell him to stop. If he doesn't stop, report his arse to the school. If it continues let your boy earn a suspension.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63941 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:02 pm to
Use any or all of the following options:

1. Restrict your son's access to social media sites.

2. Screenshot the offensive social media messages and show them to the principal. Bullying is a major buzzword in education right now, and principals WILL respond out of necessity.

3. Drive over to the kid's house and speak to the dad (in the unlikely event he even has one who lives at home with him).

4. Enroll your kid in judo or jiu-jitsu to gain self-confidence, as well as to kick the other kid's arse if it comes down to it.
Posted by MSUbulldogs03
Member since Apr 2013
2644 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:05 pm to
Can America please stop with all of the bullying nonsense. First off, the instagram/ cyber bullying is the definition of "pussyfying America". Tell him to get off the social network or delete the guys comments. If he continues to do so, most kids wont think its cool and will just be embarrassed for the bully.

If the bully approaches your kid, tell him to teach the bully a lesson. Frick the zero tolerance rule. If you can prove the kid has been bullying him on the internet and is then confronted in person, no way the school should punish him. If they do, so be it. A suspension is a form of punishment by the school that is only as bad as the parent makes it for the kid while he is suspended. Unless of course there are multiple suspensions which result in expulsion.

Not only will the bully continue to pick on your kid, but by him not standing his ground, he makes himself a prime target for other kids down the road.
Posted by RebelOP
Misty Mountain Top
Member since Jun 2013
12478 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:05 pm to
Photoshop a bunch of hot girls around your son and have him post it on Facebook. That'll shut the kid up and probably make him really popular.
Posted by Voorhies7
Rounding 3rd
Member since Oct 2012
5591 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:05 pm to
Teach your blood how to be a man & how to box. Watch some John Wayne movies, take a shot, & bond.
Posted by drunkenpunkin
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
7659 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:08 pm to
We don't allow social media. It's bad enough at school.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
67143 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:13 pm to
quote:

because his little GF thinks my boy is cute.


From what source did you obtain this information?
Posted by LSUTiger205
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Aug 2006
10820 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:19 pm to
Pay an eighth grader to beat his arse. Or kick his dad's arse.
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
16759 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:29 pm to
1. Screenshot everything
2. Call the parents and feel them out. They may have no idea.
3. Call the school and use the words "cyber bullying". They should be scares of lawsuits an bad pr. Let them know you have screen shots.
4. Let your kid earn a suspension if nothing else works. It might take this for the admin to acknowledge.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
33839 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:30 pm to
This is why my son isn't on social media. We openly mock it in the house and made it not cool from the time he was young. I'd yank his account, tell his teacher & principal what's going on and tell my son to defend himself if ever pushed to the point he felt it was necessary.

A kid on my son's grade was known for this crap last year. I told my kid that the first time it happened to tell the guy to let it go. The second time he had a right to fight back. Told the principal that is she couldn't protect my son, he would protect himself and not to call me to pick him up when it happened. The little jerk wasn't allowed recess the rest of the year.
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
44197 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:34 pm to
I know this is OT cliche , but, my dad told me to fight / punch them. And I did. And the bullying stopped


One strong punch usually gets the point across. Best of luck
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63575 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:36 pm to
Time to teach your kid the art of humiliating trolling. Tell him to be vicious, in a non-threatening way. Also teach him to take and give a punch.

A mean wit with a mean right hook will get you through life in this world.
Posted by lsugal121212
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
886 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:50 pm to
Check with his school. They may have rules on cyber bullying . Good luck
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19758 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 9:56 pm to
I haven't had to deal with it yet, but I will with my son since he has a physical disability. I plan on telling him to just ignore it and/or fire back at the culprit(s), if it gets too bad then go to the school, if it continues he has free reign to bust skulls.

If that fails, I go to parents.

Neither he nor my daughter will have those websites, nor will they have smart phones.
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
9963 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:02 pm to
Have him be the aggressor and just walk up to the bully and punch him in the face. Your son gets the 1st lick with no warning to the bully. If he gets suspended - so what. Hell, if he gets suspended, take the day off work and do something cool with him. The bully problem has been ended and your kid will be considered the bad-arse.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89808 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:13 pm to
Around Casa de le Medianoche, we sing a little song about bullying:

LINK
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:17 pm to
I transferred my daughter to a private school 2 years ago because there were a few means girls giving her a hard time

She is much happier nowadays

I might put her back in public schools when she gets older though
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:24 pm to
Why is a 12 year old on social media anyway?
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92877 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:24 pm to
The answer is so obvious, its sad nobody else has mentioned it. YOU need to take over your sons social media and BASH this kid to EVERY other kid, parent, teacher etc. in the school. Say shite to him like" I call your mom the washing machine because I put my dirty load in her" and "Your fricking dirt whore of a girlfriend told me she likes tapes and CD's so I taped my dick to her forehead so she can CDs nuts". Then if he says anything back say some shite like, "Bitch shut the frick up, if you don't the headlines tomorrow are gonna say, "scientists now report there are only 7 planets" after I destroy Uranus.

I am telling you, it would DESTROY the bully and your kid would be a hero. He would be suspended but he would be legend!
This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 10:26 pm
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29802 posts
Posted on 10/22/14 at 10:54 pm to
My kids are only in elementary school and luckily aren't subjected to that kind of thing, but our neighbor has a kid in middle school who was bullied. I don't know the details, but somehow through social media the kid managed to eventually convince the school that the bully was gay and it turned into a huge charade with parents, teachers and principals and various school administrators having to get involved, but in the end the kid was not ever messed with again.

Sorry I don't have more details, that's all that his dad would share with us.


This post was edited on 10/22/14 at 10:55 pm
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