Gutted as a parent

[annabanana88]

My son was on his way home from school the other day when he was attacked by another boy whilst another vile child filmed and laughed. My son repeatedly asked to go home whilst this was happening. He was told to kneel down and apologise ( which he did ) then he had his nose burst while he knelt there. My son had never even seen this boy before. When my boy got home he was covered in blood, his face swollen, burst nose and lip. I found out who this boy is and got a hold of the video then went to the police...they later informed me that they'd caught up with him but there was nothing they could do as he's just under 12 years old. So this little sh*t brutally assaulted my boy but will face no consequences because he's under 12 years old? Where do they draw the line?? No wonder folk take matters into their own hands if this is the ' laws ' answer to serious situations! I don't even know what I expect from posting this, I think I just needed to rant and maybe hear from anyone who's been in a similar situation...I'm heartbroken and can't get the images out of my head, totally feel like I failed my child because I wasn't there to protect him.

I am sorry your son had misfortune to come across a shit like this,
I know bullies are troubled children often, but often they take it out on someone they perceived as vunerable this is why martial Arts and Boxing would be beneficial to your son,

This bully behaviour is like an Arsehole behaviour

I know lots of people who have come from troubled difficult backgrounds including myself but I didn't do stuff like this

Go to your MP - and show them the video and ask for the law to be changed! Do an online campaign - see if there are others who have been treated like this - I would bet this is more likely a TicTok video he’s watched - and yea to visiting his school and raising a complaint to their govenors -

Do Scotland have a victim support place? Worth speaking to them.

If you want to post online you can certainly do this anonymously - set up a group - invite others - hide your sons face in screen shots -

Even go to the papers about how pathetic this is -

But always keep in mind this is your son and he needs you now more than anything.

@GoldilockMom

Excellent idea course of action to take,
You will realy many people will back up petition to change the law,

Just say how would you feel if your child was physically assaulted traumatised like this,

Why are children treated differently to Adults if they have physically assaulted?

Also you can @annabanana88

You can use the case that it's become against the law to smack your child nowadays, in uk,
Seen posters about this recently,

Why is it still allowed Acceptable for children to be physically attacked assaulted, when corporal punishment in schools was outlawed in school since mid 80s era

And also even parents are not allowed discouraged from smacking their children as its seen as violent then nowadays,

Use these examples to shore up your case for change in the Law Op@annabanana88

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4756576-teen-child-followed-intimidated-and-filmed

is this the same OP?

And also even parents are not allowed discouraged from smacking their children as its seen as violent then nowadays

Really good point! If a parent leaves a mark there’s he’ll to pay - so why is this ok?

Start a petition - post it on here and I’d happily sign -

And if you really want to get something done send it to your Prime Minister

@EmbracingTheEyeBags I plan on starting him in self defence classes as soon as he's ready for them. Thank you for your kind words ❤️...I just hope with time I can file these horrible images as far to the back of my mind as possible and hopefully my boy can forget about it too xxx

@RudsyFarmer I honestly feel like a rabbit caught in headlights...I will figure out a way to expose what this little rat has done and hopefully he'll never get the chance to do anything even remotely similar to another child ever again.

@Ilovetocrochet I kid you not the school take nothing to do with anything that happens as soon as the pupils step even one foot out of the school gates, it's madness!!

I’m so sorry, that’s disgusting and so upsetting! How is your son doing?

@JacobsCrackersCheeseFogg I get the feeling this thug has been dragged up ( I've now heard a few things about him through the grapevine ) so I think I'd be wasting my breath talking to the ' parents '.

@HappyBirthdayLydia the child who filmed it is in the same school as my son...I think it will be worth having a meeting with the school to show them what one of their pupils thought was acceptable to film whilst laughing...absolutely vile!!

@DangerPigeon I'm not gonna lie, I hope by the time my son gets to secondary school he is better prepared for this little arse rag and flings him about like an empty tracksuit. That may seem irresponsible of me but that's where I'm at with it.

@PatientlyWaiting21 thanks for your kind words...I hope I'll be able to accept at some point that I didn't fail him because this ( misplaced ) guilt is eating me alive x

@MamOfFive I'd probably get the jail if I said out loud some of the things that have ran through my head regarding this situation...I feel like a wild woman!!

It's not humiliating to be beaten up. I was beaten up and if there was a video I'd welcome it going on social media if it caught the little fucker

@Spraylatter aww it sucks so bad - I REALLY wish I hadn't seen the videos but hindsight is a fine thing. I am going to pop a SmartTag in his bag so I can track him coming home from school, that will hopefully ease the fear I'm feeling for him

Feel sick for you reading this OP, what a horrific thing to happen, I hope there will be something the police can do, hearing things like this has me despairing of society

With all due respect @SNWannabe I'd love to see if you would think so rationally if it were your child who'd been attacked ( I hope you never find yourself in this situation ). A child of that age knows right from wrong and its BLATANTLY obvious from the footage I saw that this little prick knew exactly what he was doing and loved every minute. If you think the names that have been used by other members to address him have been bad you'd be horrified to spend 10 mins in my head at the moment. Many people have had a rough upbringing...that's no excuse for this type of behaviour.

This is just horrible, I would be fuming . I would recommend that your son takes up kick boxing or self defence . My daughter did & her confidence grew ( she doesn't take shit of anyone now ) . Hope he is ok 💓 x

Best not to imo. You don’t want the family turning on you or targeting your son more. It’s absolutely shit that he’s got away with it.

Hey @annabanana88 been thinking of you and your boy. Did he go to school today? If so, how's he been? Hope he's ok xxx

Bring the video to the thug's school and let the principal view it.
They need to know what they have on their hands so they can protect other children too.