To ask who should pay for replacement guitar?

[SoldierKatnissEverdeen]

Just want to canvass your opinions on the following situation...have tried to write the post without letting on which side I am coming from to get an unbiased opinion.

Today at school a guitar got broken. The child who owns the guitar is very upset. The child who broke the guitar is also upset. Both children are in yr 5 so aged 9 or 10.

The guitar was broken by a child doing that thing that boys do, of running, dropping to his knees and skidding. Didnt have enough control to stop himself and ended up falling forward with his full body weight on the guitar snapping it where the neck meets the body. It was a complete accident rather than a malicious act. The child apologised without any prompting.

The guitar was in the designated place, which tbh wasn't a great place. There was a teacher in the hall at the time, who didnt see it happen. I expect she was dealing with other children at the time.

The teacher does not know what the sch policy is for this type of situation and the head was unavailable.

My query to you wise lot, is who should pay for the guitar to be replaced?

The parents of the child who was messing about and broke it.

Them parents of the boy who broke it.He didn't do it on purpose but he was being reckless and out of control in a room where he knew instruments were being stored

The parents , not 'them parents' lol

However just how you would get them to pay I don't know.

So one boy was messing about and the 'designated place' does not protect it from accidental damage?

If I were the parent of the guitar owner, I'd be asking the damager and school to pay half each.

The parents of the child who broke the guitar....unless the school has insurance?

The parents of the boy who broke it.

Speak to the head. Sometimes the school will pay for it, but otherwise I would say the parents of the child ho broke it.

which party are you?

If my son broke something in that situation I would replace it.

If my child broke the guitar under those circumstances I would offer to pay immediately. If it was my child's guitar that was broken I would hope for the offer of replacement, but wouldn't be surprised if it was not forthcoming. Might then look at household insurance, or ask the school if their insurance covered it as it was one of their pupils who broke it. Also if they ask children to bring them in they should provide safe storage, perhaps.

All vey unfortunate. It's your guitar, isn't it?

The parents of the boy who broke it should pay.

Bloody: I will say which party I am later, I just want to see what people think first.

The school - the storage arrangements and supervision were more at fault than the 9 year old behaving like a 9 year old, IMO.

(Although I'd offer to pay, if my child broke it!)

The parents of the child who broke it.

The Destroyer should pay

Is the guitar expensive enough to be insured without paying a huge excess?

The parents of the child who broke it should pay for the replacement. Nevertheless, why was such behaviour allowed by the school. Do these children not know that musical instruments should be treated with care as they are expensive. Also look into any insurance coverage in place.

Another vote for the skidder's parents.

It was an "Avoidable" accident, it could have been avoided if the boy who broke it was being careless, hence the parents should pay for it.

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