First, thanks to all of you who commented and emailed me with your thoughts and concerns and suggestions for how to handle the bully situation with my son, Alex. Most of the suggestions boiled down to what I thought I would have to do anyway, which is stay the fuck out of it. Trying to inject myself into the situation, no matter how well-intentioned, will only make things worse.
I stopped by my ex’s house after work and talked to him a little more. He said the name calling has mostly gone away. He’s been ignoring them, which was going to be my advice to him (and thanks Katie and everyone else who offered this suggestion). I said to keep it up and not to respond no matter what they say. I also told him I wanted to know if it got worse, or escalated into hitting, but fortunately it doesn’t appear to be headed in that direction.
Again, thanks everyone for listening, and your suggestions. I will post updates on this subject from time to time as the situation warrants.
