As idealistic as it is to assume that other kids would eventually accept him no matter what, the reality is that he WOULD be teased for it for the entirety of his school years. His parents are saving him from years of potential depression and bullying.
This. I never would have been mad at my parents for doing that to me, ever.
Kids can be nasty and you can't do a single thing except tell their parents what they're doing to their son. It may work but what if they kept on doing it. They probably did the right thing. Atleast he's smiling now.
You are ALL stupid as ****. If parents changed everything about their kids that other kids picked on them about just imagine how far it would go. This is NOT the last time he will be picked on because of how he looks.
So much for giving your child a BACKBONE to handle these sort of things in the future. Cultural differences I guess.