My 8 yr old son came home from school today upset and crying with blood on his

[stormysummer]

shirt. a boy that he didnt know from another class tackled him on the playground and punched him in the face today, this boy is in the same grade, my son had never met or seen him before, my son is not a fighter, and sometimes i wish he would stand up for himself a little more, apparently my son was playing with his friends and classmates and the "bully" initionally had a problem with another lil boy whom was my sons friend, my son being a very loyal friend that he is to his lil buddies tries to stop the boy from attcking his friend and so this boy attacks him instead, i am very upset , its sooo fkin upsetting to see your child come home with blood on his lil shirt especially at the hands of "someone" rather than an accident, i first found out when my son came home from school , when he told me i was mortified that the school hadnt called me as soon as it happened however i eventually get a call from his teacher and she explains it all to me , she tells me that the boy was punnished, but didnt tell me how watwududo ?
I am very upset about it , i am afraid tho that he will return to school and the boy will do it again or now he will get teased, and regarding the comments i got about 'hes a 'boy" and these things just happen" NO thats bs and im sure any mother would agree . and i just have a feeling if i tried to contact this boys parents they probably wouldnt care and it would probably make matters worse even tho i just feel like tearing into someones ass, im afraid also he may have black eye by tomarrow morn and i dont want to give tht other kid the satisfaction of seeing what he done in case he happens to be back in school tomarrow, i have 2 daughters and hes my only son the middle child and none of my kids are perfect they fight with eachother but my son has never ever been in a fight before this, and he didnt fight the kid back, tho i wish he wud have , i also know there are some parents out there who teach there kids or encourage this type of behavior. ty to the parents to see this is bullshit
and him being the type of little boy that he is , i always feared this would happen to him, i am scared for his saftey more than ever now, tho the teacher said she would be watching very closely from now on, to lil too late, i keep thinking and picturing in my head if i had seen it happen, if i had seen my little boy on the ground with someone on top of him punching him it breaks my heart so bad as i feel like i should have been able to protect him somehow. i wonder if the school could be at fault for not contacting me right away as i know that they are suppose to do this. i hope this boy dont target him more so now and i hope that he doesnt get teased, my son said his two friends threw there arms around him and walked hin to the school nurse, and i was even more heartbroken and touched to see that my son took the high road and tried to stick up for his buddy, as not too many ppl are that way today, but i wonder if its worth it in this world today.
oh and "maurice b." it "does" matter how this kid was punnished, becuase if he was only sent to the office and only got a lecture there needs to be more done, i think its pretty serious i just dont know what to do as i dont want to make anything worse for my boy. and i think that the kid should at least get counciling as this was a completely random act. I even tried to put myself in the other little boys parents shoes and tried to look at at as if the tables were turned, and i would have punnished him at home and have him sent for some sort of anger management, i just dont know , but i really appriciate other peoples view on this and there are so many of you that i agree with 100%
you guys are just awesome, i love you , lol, i just really needed to see what other people thought more than anything, i guess i could be partly at fault for makin him a "mommas boy" my son doesnt want his daddy to know so he begged me not to tell him when he came home from work today because he knows what his dads reaction would be, he would tell him to wait till lunch time and pick up his tray and waslk over to the kid and knock him out with it, but thats just how my husband is and thats where we tatally differ and i think my son sees it more the way i do, but he said that he didnt want his daddy to know because he didnt want to dissapoint him.

[Ren]

take action and talk to the principal

[Rachel]

of to the principal is what I would be doing. Put in a complaint and ask what punishment is given in cases like this and ask why you were not contacted straight away and in future you must be

[Maurice B]

Schools have a responsibility to take bullying very seriously and to deal with it promptly.
If the bully was punished, why does it matter how?

You could make an appointment to discuss your concerns with the head of the school, just so that s/he is aware of the situation.

[slm4jesus]

put him in karate and keep encouraging him to defend himself....assuring him you'd always stand behind him even if the school didn't. Also give him a BIG reward for standing up for his friend. He'll be a good man someday. You should be very proud.