Let him stand up for himself. Teach him to have self-confidence. Plus, people are going to be mean to him so it's not like crying about it will do him any good. He needs to learn this stuff so he can have courage and confidence in the future. He shouldn't just back down like coward because someone called him a name. [b]DON'T LET HIM CRY OVER SOME NAME CALLING. TEACH HIM TO MAKE THE NAMECALLERS CRY FOR NAME CALLING.[/b] And if you don't want him to do that. You could just tell him to report them. He's going to see things a lot worse than the name calling. But just do what you think is right for him.