Would you want to know?

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High school child and friends this morning screaming, swearing, throwing objects and threatening members of the public.

I know one of the child's parents, but not that well. I was thinking of messaging the parents through SM something along the lines of

"Hey, X was doing this and this in the morning. Thought you should know as it could have turned dangerous as one of the adults chased X and friends after an object hit his child"

I'm torn, as I would want to know if my child was behaving like this, but also don't know the parents well enough, so I don't know how they'll react.

YABU to message the parents.

YANBU to message the parents.

I would want to know, but I wouldn't want you to tell me. I think you should tell the school what you witnessed.

Yes tell the school.

Yes agree with PPs, tell the school

Yes I think the school too.
I personally would want to know, however, you don’t know how that parent would react.

I would want to know.
However if you are a parent of another child at the school I would stay out of it incase your child suffers the consequences. You don't know how the parents will react so don't know if they will divulge who told them. Not right at all but the way of the world.

Tell the school

Most parents of children who act like shits won’t appreciate being told that their children are acting like shits.

I would want you to tell me. I would also think it would be a good idea for you to tell the school. There are parents I know who I would tell, parents I know who I wouldn't tell because their reaction would be aggressive, you'll need to judge for yourself how this parent might react.

But good on you for not 'minding your own business' and ignoring this; as a parent of a challenging child who engages in some appalling behaviour at times I am really glad when other adults notice and do something rather than ignoring it.

I don't know the childs name, I know his mums name. I can ring the school and give the mums name but she has 4 in that school. So might not be much help in identifying him for the school.

I put X in my OP to give the child a bit of anonymity and not make my post outing.

I think it depends on what you know about the parent. Some parents i would contact and know that would appreciate it and deal with it. There are also some parents I woukdnt because I do not think they'd take it well or fo much about it.

I wouldn't be the messenger in that situation. I'd call the school, can you describe the child and anyone else with him? - it may be it's already been reported by someone else so the school have worked out who was involved.

I would report the behaviour directly to the school. It reflects badly on the school and on its place in the community. Schools always want to know that sort of thing. I’d be tempted to report anonymously.

If you report to the school, even anonymously, you can name the child you know. It’ll help them to work out who the rest of them were, if they have a name. Horrible brats.