There is/was a bullying problem in my sons class. He is 10 yrs old and going into 6th grade. There was one boy in particular who bore the brunt of most of the bullying. My son was very upset having to watch this other boy be bullied. I told my son that he should try to befriend the boy, but my son was concerned that if he would be seen hanging out with this boy that the bullies would make fun of him too .

My son just came over to me today and asked me if I spoke with this boy’s mother recently and I told him no why? He says that since he saw the Shalom for Charlotte initiative on tisha b’av he has been davening for this boy every day when he says Sim shalom, that the bullying should stop for him, so he wanted to know if the boys situation has improved at all.
I couldn’t believe that my 10-year-old son was so inspired by Charlotte’s story that he took upon himself to daven for this other boy!