Bullied - but won't admit it

[janetsflower]

have had my suspicions for a while now that my son is being bullied at school (he is 12) but he has never told me about it. Tonight I had the parent of a sixth former come round to tell me that her daughter had been witnessing my son being bullied on the bus by two 14 year old girls for a number of weeks. The sixth former has had a go at the bullies herself and will be reporting it to school on monday. She says she told my son to tell us but he said theres no point, nothing will get done about it. Obviously i was heartbroken to hear this and i have sat him down and tried to get him to tell me whats going on but he is adamant that nothing has happened and he is ok. I have told him its not his fault, he won't be in trouble, that much as i would love to i won't leap on the bus and beat these bullies up myself etc etc but i can't get him to open up and tell me whats going on. As i said before i have had my suspicions for a while becuase things have happened like he has rushed home from the bus stop looking like there were demons after him, and one time he came home soaked from head to toe and told me he had fell in a puddle which seemed a bit far fetched for how wet he was. So really i don't know to what extent this is happening but i am now worried sick and i guess just looking for some guidance and advice as to how to deal with this and how to get to the bottom of it. Anyway he won't be going to school on the bus again for a while. I guess he has little faith in the teachers supporting him as he is often in trouble himself at school for various behaviours

[Meg888]

Hi, I'm sorry to hear of this, it's an awful situation if he wont open up, makes it more worrying. I note you posted this 21/04/07 & had no answers, I just wondered if the situation had improved any. I hope so for the you & your boy's sake. There are lots of websites which will advise you on this & hopefully support you also.