question about name calling in 2nd Grade?

Yep totally normal. I don't know a single person who didn't endure some sort of name-calling or bullying in grade school... what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. This is a good lesson for your son to not let naysayers affect his opinion of himself. :)

The best bet is for your son to ignore it. The bullies will get bored and move on. Any sort of retaliation can just exacerbate the matter and make it worse.

Try to give your son some strategies to help him ignore the bullying. Like closing his eyes and taking deep breaths to calm himself. Thinking silly insults in his head to make himself giggle and have harmless retribution. Explain to him that often bullies put other kids down to make themselves feel better, and that they don't really mean it and of course it's not true. :)

The below link has further suggestions on how to help your kid copes with bullying. They emphasize helping the child to deal with the conflict themselves, rather than you intervening.

I HATE this type of behavior. As a parent, my heart goes out to you and him... I have a second grader and am around kids this age all the time. I wouldn't call it "abnormal", but it does not HAVE to happen. Luckily, most of the boys I know do NOT engage in the behavior. When, where, is there a "ring leader"? After you establish this, help your son to either have good "come back lines" so they will get bored, or stay away from these kids. I assume the "ignore it and they will stop" has not worked. It is especially hard for boys, but do whatevr you have to before he becomes "that kid"...we all know who that is...that reputaion can be very hard to shake. good luck.

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i would say something to his teacher then, this is very mean and i think it should be stopped. I would ask to speak to his teacher. I have to go up to the school today to have the same talk. My 2 girls ride the bus home and they tell me an 8th grader is pushing them off the seat & name calling. Either they do something about this boy or they will not ride the bus home anymore.

stand up for your child and talk to the school. I'm behind you 100%

I think it is so wrong and so unfair but also a part of growing up. I have 8 and 6 year old boys. My oldest is a little thicker skin then his brother so my 6 yr old cries about it. He gets picked on more for being sensitive. We taught our 8 yr old to "rip on them" back!! He learned to attack their weaknesses and they laid off him. Our 6 yr old is learning how to protect himself and hopefully he will turn out like his older brother. Now at home the boys are respectful to one another...we INSIST ON THAT!!

I am sure lots of people will respond to this in a negative way because we are so politically correct it sucks!! I grew up being teased and I had parents that talked to me about it and told me how to handle myself. By the time I was in middle school I was left alone. And forget going to teachers about these sort of things, they don't use paddles or even rulers on our kids anymore. They tell then to stop it and it's not nice...well that is like trusting the Arab world to get rid of terrorists!! It will not solve a thing!! An eye for an eye!! Good luck

I don't think it's normal for little kids to be doing that,or at least at my school it isn't.When I was in 2nd grade we considered 'stupid' a bad word!Talk to the teacher or principal.

it's called bullying. Does your school system have a rule against this? I would check the book... our school has a "no tolerance" rule for bullying. If this doesnt work, keep tract of all incidents and get a lawyer. that will scare the sh** out of the school system in order to ACT.

I suggest talking to the teacher or principal about it. If you don't things could lead to bullying. The same thing happend to my 8 year old brother.

You can thank the parents of the name-callers, i'd think.

I don't understand why kids in second grade know to call someone "gay"... it's pathetic.

What does the school principal say?

why is he socially unresponsive and not defending himself? Yes its normal for kids who are punks to pick on the easiest target..girls too