Aubrey Fontenot said his 8-year-old son Jordan was getting bullied at school, but that the school did not do much to help.
So he sat down and had a heart-to-heart conversation with the accused bully, named Tamarian.
Taking matters into his own hands -- and with permission -- he talked to the bully and learned the reasons why he was lashing out.
"I came with the energy that he was ready to receive," Fontenot said. "Because a lot of times, just because you want to talk to me doesn't mean I want to talk to you. But I think he just wanted, he was ready to talk to me. He knew that I cared. He saw it in my eyes."
After their talk, Fontenot took Tamarian on a shopping trip.
To his surprise, Tamarian and his son are now friends.
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