Name changed. Some details changed to protect identity.
recently dc was walking to school with my partner/daddy up the narrow pathway we have to the school. A fellow pupil, year 6 sort of age came riding up behind dc too fast, and didn’t have a bell or say excuse me or anything. Dc has a disability so isn’t quick to just jump out the way! Child on bike ran straight into my child. knocked their shoulder, ran over their foot and knocked dc over.. Dp was shocked and said a swear word, not so much at the child just in disbelief at the situation - it was ‘f.*king hell and then shouted at the child to be more careful as he rode off. The child didn’t apologise or look back, of course said child went into school and told the teachers a man swore and shouted at him. Dp told me about situation straight away and I contacted school to clarify, school were supportive and said they would have a word with children about bike safety and don’t blame him for raising his voice. Luckily my dc was okay, just shocked and upset. Dp regrets shouting at the child but he was shocked at the situation.
the same thing had happened to dc a few days before by another child, but she wasn’t so badly hurt or shocked that time. She managed to move out the way.
Anyway , mother of the child dp shouted at has took a disliking to us. I’d happily talk to her if she wanted to, we left it in the schools hands. She lives round the corner, has a younger child same age as mine who got knocked over and she isn’t slowing her child to come to my child’s party etc even though they are friends.
I have heard before that she cannot accept that her kids do wrong and she’s always marching into the school about other kids herself, nothing is ever their fault, it is always someone else’s kid.
I do believe it was all an accident and the child didn’t mean to, but more care should have been taken by a 11 year old child, he had a motor cross helmet on rather than a cycle helmet so he found barely see what he was doing anyway, it was then said the brakes on his bike wasn’t working and hadn’t been for a while 🤷♀️
dd is fine, forgot about it and so have I really, but the mum giving me funny looks, not allowing her child to be friends with mine is just getting Petty!
would you try and talk to parent or just leave it? School dealt with it!