Totally agree. "To listen" but people need so much more on what it actually means to provide non-judgmental emotional space. Based on the OP already trying to

Totally agree. "To listen" but people need so much more on what it actually means to provide non-judgmental emotional space. Based on the OP already trying to have made a technical argument, there is already likely a decent amount of emotional damage that OP's son has already experienced and may not be willing to have that conversation or listen. IMO, option 3 can also be highly ostracizing depending on the circumstances. Maybe the bullying based on the phone will stop, but it's also possible the kids decide that "OP's son is a snitch. So full of shade. We don't want him around." There's a whole slew of conversational skills that would be useful to develop in OP's son for dealing with adverse situations like this. Especially in deescalation and conversational redirection techniques.