ANSWERS: 12
  • I wouldnt. Life happens. Move on. Unless he was assaulted by a STAFF member, what is suing the school going to accomplish?! Really.
  • I don't think you should. Life goes on. Sometimes this stuff happens if a Staff member of the school did it, then ok, that different, but by another student? I'm not sure you should.
  • It depends upon the circumstances and the damage that was done to his face.
  • Don't press charges on the school. Press charghes on the bastard who hit him in the face! why should the kid who hit him be allowed to get away with stuff like that? It will set an example for the rest of the bullies should they feel they need to hit other children! Violence should never be condoned! the person who assaulted your child needs to be punished.
  • how bad ?? cuz fights happen all the time
  • No one has the right to strike someone. I don't know all the details, so I don't know for sure. I do know that if it happened to my kid I'd be pissed!
  • I think we would need to hear more about the circumstances building up to the fight. Was it totally one sided bullying? Although it's unacceptable to condone violence, I suspect the school already has some disciplinary action in place. If the school is against pressing charges, it sounds like they think it was mistake and not typical behavior for the child that assaulted your son. If that's true, and the situation were reversed, you probably wouldn't want another family pressing charges against your child. It's worth a second thought.
  • Many of these answers show a basic misunderstanding of charging a person with unlawful assault (a criminal charge) and filing a suit in court to get money. If you file assault charges against the other student, you have to have conclusive evidence the injury was not sustained during "mutual combat" which is what the law calls a fight between two willing participants. If your son was attacked without provocation, then I believe the other student should be charged with criminal conduct.
  • Hit with a fist or a weapon? Just a fist fight? That is just a life lesson. I hope he hit back. Let the courts handle more important cases.
  • Go tell. See how popular that makes your kid and how much it "helps".
  • Are you people that are talking about suing aware that pressing charges is NOT suing. It is pressing legal charges for assault/battery against the kid who hit him. or in otherwords having that kid taken to jail and court......now to answer the question: If her son was being picked on by a bigger kid who was 18, and it was intentional (not an accident) and her son suffered damages (tooth knocked out, broken nose, broken glasses) yes. Especially if the other kid has had a previous record of assaulting/abusing other kids. The only problem with pressing charges is: will this other kid/his friends retaliate. It makes a difference. If her son had mouthed off to this other kid first - absolutely not. If they were just horsing around NO
  • some times when things like this happen, tempers flare your angry that your child has been hurt But it might be better for all parties now and the future if you met with the superintendent of your schools, call for an appt. ask him to hear both sides of story, also find out for sure what happened? what if anything led or caused this to happen to your son. As many have talked about he will be going back to school and at some time so will the other kid, so if there is a calmer way to deal with it, please do. For your son, and his peace of mind And just for the record what does he want? after all this did happen to him and he is 17 going towards adult hood and he might want some thing totally different than what you think. I'm a mom of 2 myself, Aunt to 25, Grandma 6 so I've had my share of going to school with the fights too, with my own bunch

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