AIBU to feel disappointed that no-one has enquired how my dd is after her head injury?

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Dd sustained a head injury at the beginning of the week, during a PE lesson at school.

She has been ill with concussion, and the GP says she will have to rest for at least another week.

I have left 2 messages (as per school policy) to explain her absence.

Maybe they are too busy, but it would have been nice if someone had just picked up the phone to see how she is.

No YANBU. But if you have left messages, they will not telephone to find out how she is because you have told them. That said, even a card would have been nice to receive - and a telephone call would have been cheaper just to let her and you know that people are thinking about her.

Haven't any of her school friends been in touch?

I'm glad she's on the mend, OP, head injuries are frightening. Hope she's up and around on her feet very soon.

Perhaps because you've updated the school twice, they know the position so haven't contacted you? Also, maybe they think that you might prefer to be left in peace to look after your daughter?

I think a call or a card from classmates for a long ish absence would be nice

I can see what ANother is saying, but IIWY I would feel hurt.

Hope your DD recovers quickly

I guess you are right. I realise that I may be expecting too much. It has been a very worrying few days for us, and I am feeling tired and tearful.

Why would they ring? You have rung them.
They are her teachers not a relative.

It's just another sick child off school as far as they're concerned.

do they normally ring up and enquire after the health of every child off sick?

Ok. But it was an avoidable incident, due to poor organisation and supervision. Maybe that is why.

Ah drip feed... So you want them to ring and apologise?

I suppose you could ask them for their insurance details and see if that elicits a more 'caring' response. The fact that its was avoidable might be why they are keeping silent, waiting for your next move, OP.

Agree another sick child. If you want an apology - which it sounds like you're due - call and speak to HT.

What happened?
Don't tell me 2 kids collided.

Not deliberately drip feeding. Tired.

Thanks for your responses.

PE teacher put 8 kids on one badminton court and told them to play 3 singles matches at the same time. DD got hit very hard on the head with a racquet.

do they normally ring up and enquire after the health of every child off sick?

The accident happened in a bloody PE lesson - she isn't just off with a cold.

Of course the decent thing to do would be to make sure she is ok. Maybe they are worried about litigation?
Hope she feels better soon - head injuries are scary.

Sorry - 3 matches between 8 of them, so 2 singles and one doubles.

ExamTaxi YANBU - given that she had an accident not just a sickness and especially given it happened at school I would have thought they would have sent her a card & even some flowers or something... at the very least a phone call. If they are primary age often the children will be given the opportunity to make a card or something to send.

Esta3GG - maybe it is like traffic incidents - they don't want to say anything in case it is construed as an admission of guilt. I had not thought of it that way.

Thanks

My niece has been left scarred for life following an incident at school. She slid down a wall between two cupboards and staff left her propped up whilst they tended to an incident with another child who is 'life limited'

They didn't realise there was a heating pipe running along that wall and niece was left horrendously burnt, 5 years on she has an inch thick, ugly scar running across her back.

Luckily for the school sis isn't a 'where there's blame there's a claim type and understood it really was a series of unfortunate events.

Even so, school couldn't do enough for her, running her up to hospital appts etc, probably partly because they were shitting bricks.

Yanbu btw, they should make a cursory phone call at least

She slid down the wall having a seizure btw and was unconscious for some time after hence the awful burn.

I am a teacher and if a pupil of mine was injured I'd be on the phone most evenings enquiring after her. However, I have had situations in the past where parents have been rude to me and considered me "meddling" for ringing so perhaps the school has a policy of not contacting due to that?

I was in a gym lesson at school (pupil) and we were vaulting those box-like vaulting horses. I ran up fast and misjudged my jump, just splatting myself against the horse. The result? A gym full of laughter and no one asked about my knees.

I think a head injury is certainly more serious though and that anecdote about the burn is appalling.