to be upset for my DS and want to give some people a good bloody telling off

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My DS has just arrived home completely soaked and covered in grass and mud....in tears and pain

Apparently as it is the last day of P7...a certain group of parents decided a water fight would be a great way to end the day for the kids....

Now that doesn't sound too terrible I thought....didn't raise any objections about the kids having some water fun, etc

OMG...this band of merry parents turned up with huge buckets water, water bombs, water guns and everything.....and proceeded to get totally into a huge water fight....took over the kids fun entirely and got completely out of hand with their antics

Result....kids following parents...my DS on the ground as some big dad person trips over DS rendering DS on the ground, obviously hurt and in pain...and is pelted by water bombs, bucket of water over him....water guns firing in his face and him pleading for help.........DS manages to get up and is crying by this time....and he's chased across the park by them!!!!...

I'm on my way along to meet DS from school and thinking I'm going to watch the kids having fun, etc and then I see him, crying, soaked and obviously hurt...

I'm so sorry for DS...his last day of primary and this is what he has to remember it with....I'm so annoyed with these parents that took over and turned an otherwise fun time into this dangerous situation...

I phoned school....they did not sanction, agree or want this happening at all and insisted they would not be responsible for any of it....I can see why now and am now being told there has been problems in previous years with a certain group of parents doing this....at the cost of drowned camera's, people getting injured and generally being out of control and ridiculous...

Long post sorry....bloody fuming and needing to vent

Sounds horrible and I'm not surprised your son is upset. Why did parents feel the need to take over the kids last day at school??
Pushy bullying behaviour by parents. I'd go to school governors or local education authority if you don't get a satisfactory response.

Just relieved it wasn't my 'rough' school!

How is your son now?

Oh the poor wean

To be hurt and in pain to be chased by adults who should have been protecting and consoling him

A word to The Courier?

I'm now wondering if any of these parents may be on MN and will realise what I'm posting about
....maybe my post will reach them !....good!!...I hope it does and if you can please pass it along so you all know how ridiculous, dangerous and upsetting it has made my DS and myself....fuck you all for being such bloody stupid fuckwits...and horrible!!!
...for not even helping when my DS was left like this by you....disgusting bad behaviour...and what example do you think you are to your own kids in the process...it's ok to attack, injure and chase a child not able to defend himself....???...nice one!!

Gordy the lad is in p7 so about 11 and a lot that age are walking home alone.

The courier will love this!

How many of us are on here?

Why on earth haven't you contacted the police?

the school should not let your ds go with these parents if you were not there and these parents do this every year

I KNOW opps - sorry I know but the OP mentioned arriving to pick him up - so I was confused as to if it was in school time or not - which would have a baring on who was responsible

I am guessing that if he chose to take part it has some culpability but the adult behaved appallingly

I'm with the rest. I really think the police should be involved. It's assault and it's appalling.

we're only 5mins from school...he walks home himself usually...

I was heading along 5 mins after the bell...only thinking I was going to watch the fun and take a few photo's....met him coming along the lane...he could hardly speak for his tears...I wanted to march back along and shout loudly and go mental but my DS was in pain with his leg, cold and soaked so we headed straight home....

He's in his PJs, dried off and getting warm, etc...laptop on knee, sniffing...ok

What kind of idiot would get involved in something like this???

If this had been happening at or near the school without the school's goodwill they would ave arranged for pcsos/police to supervise departure from school site. Can't believe that the school didn't do something - same as thy would if kids were being targeted by bullies or other threats on way home.

Really, can people stop blaming the school for this?! They actively discouraged it, it was off school grounds and an 11 year old boy can walk home without his mum! I was walking home from the age of 7! FGS!!!

School is not responsible for the actions of some arsehole parents. School is also not responsible for everything that goes wrong in society.

If it happens every year, it's obviously the same people, can no-one open their eyes, identify the parents responsible and approach them directly to explain their actions? Failing that, go to the police.

OP, if it were my DS I would be absolutely ripping it.

What's with all the outrage?

This lad tripped during a water fight. He was not held against a wall and given a Chelsea grin ffs!

Call the police? What??

what could police do?...excuse me officer, my DS got pelted with water and someone(i can't say who) adult tho, tripped him up and several kids and parents pelted him with water and things whilst he was on the ground and hurt....it's a no goer...who, where, proof....they wouldn't be interested and I'm not sure I wouldn't be wasting their time really....

I should have got photo's and gone back to take video of the mayhem and gone to local paper with it....shamed them all for thoughtless, stupid conduct...all over the county hahahahaha....that would have been good redress!!!

Exactly. There's not really much you can do to be fair. Still wouldn't stop me wanting to kill them for being so bloody stupid though.

Perhaps they didn't know he was really hurt in all the excitement, they wouldn't have intentionally tried to hurt him. Sounds a lot like the parents got a lot more excited than the kids. Buffoons.

I was thinking more along the lines of making the police aware about it for future reference in terms of the community officer person to be in the vacinity for the next time. But even that is a stretch.

oh poor thing - hope he's feeling a bit brighter soon x

I am on the fence really - YANBU to expect adult to behave better but I am not sure what you can do

If this happens every year, to the point where the school felt the need to openly ban it from the premises, did nobody see it coming?
Surely the odds were good it would go the same way this time, and your Enid Blyton type plan of taking photos of the jolly frolics was a little bit naive, op?

Police. They went over the line of 'fun' and assaulted your distressed child.

thats part of why I'm so angry...my DS is sn asd/adhd...he has many times been on the receiving end of things with some kids....all there...doing what they do best....and the parents?!!!!....you have to wonder...and yes they are aware of my DSs disposition....thats the saddest part...picking on the weaker ones....happens whenever he has gone out to try and play....

Last week he came home after 15/20mins...so called friend kept referring to him as 'it' and don't touch my football....'oh no, now it's got your germs on it!!!....

it's been consistent and like this for 1.5yrs for DS...in and out of school. He barely goes out as things invariably go wrong....it's bloody awful...

High school will mean he doesn't see most of them and will make proper friends...roll on August

Of course the school cannot stop it happening off premises. But they can liaise with pcsos/community police to ensure the safety of children on their way home from school. We've had police presence outside gates to disperse/discourage fighting (amount the parents ) in the past. Tipped off by the school.

I haven't lived here long and haven't seen/known about previous years....I assumed school didn't want it happening inside school grounds because it might involve the younger ones and way too many, and too much water flying about, etc

It was meant to be P7's and the school didn't encourage it...they said their piece and these parent's went ahead anyway....

my son being asd/adhd...doesn't have to mean that he shouldn't be able to go out...walk himself...live in the society...I actively encourage him to do as much as he can acheive...I never wanted to wrap him up in cotton wool...

things have happened and maybe I'm wrong but maybe ppl/kids just shouldn't be behaving the way they do towards a vulnerable person...and that's the bigger issue I think....

No, of course they shouldn't, sorry, I hadn't realised your DS had sn. Hope he's ok.

At the end of the day, its only a water fight if all parties involved have chosen to participate.

If your child had chosen to participate, but had been beaten, then thats fair enough as long as they had given it a rest once he had had enough and become distressed.

However, he didn't choose to participate, so it isn't a water fight at all - its a load of bullying bastards attacking a frightened and upset child with a load of water. Lovely.

Did any of the children choose to have this water fight, or was it purely a load of asshole parents getting their kicks from soaking the children?

I would be livid, and would call the police.

I would be fuming too. But short of the school telling parents explicitly that they have been banned from doing it next year (or can't do it on school premises), there's not really much they can do. Don't let it spoil all the happy memories of good times at primary school.