Trouble with Bullies

We had similar problem. First I contacted the school who in turn told me they do not deal with this I should contact the bus company. I then contacted the bus company and things seemed to stop. My neighbor's children recently had a run in with another child from the same family. My neighbor called the child at home and told her that she should not act or talk like that to her children again or she will contact her parents. Within the next couple of days that girl started picking on my daughter. I was fed up so I walked to out the bus with my daughter the next morning and I had a talk with the bus driver. The bus driver was great. It seems to have solved the problem now. I would suggest you start with the bus company. Then say something to the child and tell the child that you will contact his arents if it does not stop. Let him know you mean business and his actions are not acceptable. Also tell him that you will contact his parents if he does not stop. It the problem continues I would contact the parents and let them know and state you will contact the police is this continues. This is not acceptable. Hang in there. It is so tough, I know.

Waiting outside with your child is great. If the problem continues I would call the cops especially if it is anything physical like punching your son. In addition I would speak to the childrens parents and let them know if this continues you will involve the cops. Our neighbor kids were constantly bothering my kids and I called the cops. The cops scared the kids enough that we didn't have problems any more. Don't be afraid to stand up for your child start with the bus company, school and cops. Your son being punched is not acceptable and is assult. Tell your son if they are picking on him or hurting him to tell you immediatly no matter if he misses the bus or not.

Great idea to wait for the bus with your son, but I would take it a step further and make some calls to the school and the bus company. Both have authority over student behavior at the stop and on the bus. Last year a student on my daughter's bus was causing a lot of trouble with one of the other boys and he was disciplined at school, the school and bus company had several conversations with the boy's parents. The boy behaved better for awhile but was back at it again shortly. He eventually lost his riding privileges! I think the policy is three "write ups" and you're off. The bus stop bullying doesn't just affect your son, if these nasty kids are picking on him on the bus, it is causing an unsafe distraction to the driver as well. School districts are pretty firm these days on bullying, I think you might find you get a lot of support from the school and bus company. You may also want to talk to your son's teacher to see if any of this is carrying over to the classroom and to see how he interacts with other kids. Good luck, it can be awful to see your child be picked on-especially when it causes an emergency room visit!

Hello my son in also seven and last year he was being bullied on the bus. What we decided to do the principal, bus driver and myself was buddie him up with a high school boy. I don't know if this is possiable for you but it worked for us. We live in a small town from k-12 all ride the same bus, so they had a high school boy sit in the front seat with my son, now a year later he is one of the most popular kids on the bus and at school. "We also put him in karate lessons to help him know what to do when being bullied." Maybe there is a way you could talk to the 10 year-old by himself and make him understand how his behaviors hurt your sons feeling if you could change him the rest would follow. Good Luck

I have the same problem. I have a sweet little 6 year old girl who is at the bus stop with about 40 kids it's a huge busstop. There are alot of wild obnoxious boys who have absolutely no parental supervision ever so I have always gone to the bus stop.These kids are the type where the parents are to busy getting high and sitting on welfare to actually care about their kids that's what you run into when you rent, low lifes. I rent too. Now they're smart cause they just pick on my sweetie the minute I'm out of sight and the bus takes off. My daughter is a "easy" target she's not black like them, she's white, she's 6 years old and just a little girl an only child with noone to stick up for her and protect her. I have had to call up the principal and the bus company and threw a huge fit HUGE and the problem has been taken care of atleast for now. 2 boys actually got permantenly kicked off the bus. I told the bus company if they didn't do something I would,and I didn't care if I got arrested yes sounds childish but it was the only way to grab their attention. Now the principal on the other hand is very very good at taking care of problems I email him all the time give him names and what happened and he always takes care of it. The principal knows our complex has a bad reputation for wild obnoxious children.

If that boy punched your son he should be suspended from school.

Put your foot down and keep complaining til something is done. Take pictures, if you can video tape their behavior at the bus stop.