Work to understand your child s thinking in this. Meet with school counselors. Keep an eye on his behavior. Pay attention to what your child has to say. This is not a feeling to be dismissed.
Bullies can be dismissive and quite cruel.
While you understand that bullies are also children struggling with their own self-esteem issues don t help the bully to harm your child by attempting to diminish the hurtfulness of the bullying behavior when talking to your child. Don t try to handle this on your own. Meet with the principal. Meet with whomever you believe appropriate at the school. It takes a society to create violent children.