My son threatened to 'put a knife through' a boy at school today

[Averagethreebedsemi]

I got a phone call from my son's school asking me to meet with the headmaster 1st thing tomorrow morning. They would not give any information over the phone except to say that "an incident had occured".

This evening... he reluctantly told me what he had said to the other boy (..a boy who was/is one of his closest class mates ). My son verbally threatened him... he didnt actually have a physical knife on him.

I've told him that he is NEVER to bring any weapon to school or anywhere else. He is NEVER to threaten another child in an argument.

I'm so sad and dissapointed that such a thing would ever cross my son's mind or leave his mouth!

What can I do or say to the other child's parent the next time I see them?

What can I do or say to my son to help him to understand the severity of what he has said and to stop him from going down the wrong path?

He is 7 years old.

Sorry if Ive missed something but have you talked to your son about why he said this, what made him feel like he had to say it, and how he might better deal with those feelings?

but have you talked to your son about why he said this

I think that's good place to start.

He probably picked it up a school then. It’s actually a bit disappointing that he didn’t say ‘I’m going to turn you into a shishkebab’ instead. He’s seven, he says inappropriate things sometimes. Explain his mistake, make him write that letter and, remind him not to copy people because a lot of them aren’t great,

Is he sorry? Does he get why it's a problem?