I was watching a video which made me remember what happened to my brother.

Before he hit puberty he was bullied a lot. To the point he had both of his front teeth knocked out. School did nothing of course and the parents wouldn't stop their kids.

So mum enrolled him in body building where it gave him confidence and stamina. He then started to shoot up and stands at 6 6". Bullies are cowards and once he started bulking up, he never had a problem again.

If you have a child continually getting picked on the gym is a great safe place for them. He would spend from 4pm until 9 at night each day with Sunday off there. He was able to make some pretty solid friends and a lot of his depression went away too.

The main reason he was bullied was due to his name. The little brats would say Gaybo because his name is Gabriel. He has turned out to be a wonderful person and probably cannot even remember the days of being bullied, I certainly forgot until this thread. Only problem my mum had with him doing body building was the food bill. He would eat 2 whole chickens for lunch, then he had his protein powders etc. She had to take a second job just to feed the kid!