["I feel terrible about not listening to my child's complaints about being picked on. What was I thinking?", 'Sorry to hear that.  How old is he / she', "He is 13 and now he doesn't want to go to school any more. Bullying is such a terrible thing. I now listen to everything he tells me."]
Yes though it's something everyone goes through...especially if he's going to be a man..I used to be the nerdy fat Asian kid who got picked on til I sucker punched the bully as hard as I could...and never got picked on again
I can't believe I didn't listen to my child when they told me that someone is picking on them. I feel terrible now he doesn't want to go to school any more.