Something not so cool...

Today Hunter spent the majority of the day outside riding his bike with the neighbor kids. We live in a great neighborhood, with wonderful kids and parents, however sometimes children from other blocks come over and attempt to play with our children. I have to say that this makes me less then happy, it's not I don't want my children playing with others that aren't on our block, it's that these kids tease Hunter. I would be happy with him making friends all over the globe, but I'm not ok if kids make fun of him. While he was outside biking and wrestling with the neighbor boys, these other boys came over and started to name call at him. They called him fat and chubby. The truth is we could all stand to loose a little weight however we don't need to name call others. My neighbor said that when she looked over one of the boys pushed him in the head, she was just about to go say something, but then it stopped as I came out to see how he was doing. I guess they chased him around before the head pushing. Hunter thought they were playing with him. He doesn't really get it when kids are teasing him verses when they are playing with him. Sometimes I think this is a good thing, because then his feelings aren't hurt over and over, but on the other hand it makes him a target for bullies. He doesn't stand up for himself, because he doesn't get that he should. When I asked him if they were being mean, he said no and they were just playing and they told him that when he said "we're playing right?" I have a really hard time with this....as a mother I want to protect him for anything harmful, keep him home so no one can ever hurt his feelings. I think we're going to start him in karate so that if ever did come down to someone trying to hurt him he could defend himself if mom isn't there to kick some butt!!! LOL Plus as a bonus karate is good for flexibility, conditioning and stability, all things were working on it OT and PT.