[freekitty]

Home school. They will most likely get a better education.

[Chanticleer]

What? And miss those wonderful opportunities for socialization?

[Black Tooth]

Home school. They will most likely get a better education.

Hope you don't think this doesn't happen in life outside of school. I can get much worse.

[HungarianGypsy]

My kids still have to deal with bullies, even though they are homeschooled. We have neighbor kids on both sides that they used to play with until these kids kept acting like punks. They would trash our yard, act cruel, then suddenly nice when they wanted something, and talk back to my husband. One day my son answered the door and told one neighbor he was allowed to play on our basketball court, but we (my husband and I) did not want the other kids on our property (my husband actually didn't want this kid on our property either). The advantage is my kids are not forced to associate with these kids on a regular basis. They can just ignore them. They also know they have the power to stand up to them. (this demonstrated when one of these kids wouldn't give something that landed in his yard back until my 3 years old said, "I'll tell your grandpa."
On a related note, my oldest son was on his way to Boy Scouts the other day when a few kids from the local junior high approached him, called him "fatso" and asked what he thought he was doing. He said, "I don't even go to your school." They asked, "Then what school do you go to?" He just walked past them and kept going. He said they still followed him from a distance, but looked confused.