I had a phonecall off my 10 year old sons school yesterday to say another parent has phoned the police on him for an incident that happened at school! Basically him and his friends were recreating a scene out of the avengers film and my son accidentally hit one of his friends in the face. He immediately apologised and his friend accepted it and they carried on playing normally afterwards. The school day ended as normal but his teacher informed me that his mother had gone straight to the police to make a formal complaint about my son!
Nothing has been said to the teachers or myself about this and she hadn't attempted to get my sons side of the story. My son isn't perfect but I haven't had a problem with him being spiteful or nasty to anyone previously. His teacher says he is a good child and is usually very kind to others but like all kids he can be silly sometimes.
My son is so upset and is making himself that physically sick over it that he didn't go to school today as he was being sick with worry. I have since found out that the police dont want to interview him or take it further.
Am I unreasonable to think this is an extreme over reaction. If the parents had contacted me I would have tried to
get to the bottom of it and wouldn't have immediately taken my sons side. I have 4 boys and they are always coming home complaining about being knocked, teased etc but I never just take their word for it and would go to the teachers/parents if I had concerns.
Am I unreasonable to think this could have been dealt with better and what do I say to my terrified son. I'm not minimising what he done or the fact that his friend got hurt by his actions by the way.