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It's great that you are intervening. Bullying is the number one predictor of sexual harassing behavior which begins in later elementary and junior high school years. Sexual harassment behavior has a high correlation with sexual crimes. Bullying behavior is highly correlated with violent crimes later on.

You are protecting not only your son but other people in the future. Hopefully this kid will be held accountable.

The hardest thing is teaching our kids how to deal with bullies, how to find balance between defending themselves and not turning into bullies or pushovers.

Here are some help resources for dealing with bullying problem.

Bully proof
* Above link contains sample letter to school administrators *

http://www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/

http://www.safechild.org/bullies.htm

http://parentingteens.about.com/od/bullying/

http://www.bullyproof.org/

http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,66-9245,00.html

http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues/issues103.shtml

http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/CA-0043/default.asp

http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2001/10/bullying.html

It seems the problem is taken much more seriously in the UK. This are great info sites for coping strategies:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bullying/

http://www.bullybeware.com/

http://www.scre.ac.uk/bully/

http://www.popcenter.org/Problems/problem-bullying.htm