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Other parents being abusive, HELP not sure what to do!!

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EMMinthepink · 04/02/2007 23:53

My ds had an altercation with another boy in his class, they are 8yrs old and this other boy has been a bully to most of the other children in the class since nursery (4 years ago) the school has had several complaints about childs behaviour and parents have been called into school etc. etc. On Fri ds told me other child hit him and ds put his arm up to defend himself and his nail caught other kids finger and scratched him, about 1cm long not deep etc. Ds never gets into trouble for fighting (bit of a wimp really) but other child always fighting, both kids got told off (I was a bit annoyed at this, but thought what's done is done), when mum of other kid picked him up I saw her talking to teacher and thought nothing of it, ds was telling me what had happened, and slowly walk off to go home. Mum of other child ran to catch up with me then yelled at me 'your son scratched my son' I said 'I don't want to talk about in street, but will discuss back at school', she then started swearing at me ' your son too F good to hurt my son' ' your F son too prescious to talk about' at this point I said I would not talk here but would go back to the school. She repeated the above at which point I had reached my car and told her I was leaving and crossed the road, I opened the car door for ds to climb in and then she shouted at me 'I hope you die in childbirth' (I'm 6m pregnant) shocked I looked at her and said 'what' to my disbelife she repeated it!!!! and in front of ds and her kid. I was so horrified I went straight back to the school and reported it. They took it seriously but what can they do? and what should I do now?, ds now adamant he has to be there at the birth, but I'm having cs so not possible, he's far more upset about it than I realised. HELP!!

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miljee · 05/02/2007 19:16

Like everyone else, I'm in a state of shock!My advice, for what it's worth is to a)log it, certainly with the school (lay it on re psychological damage etc!) if not with the police and 2) take a deep breath and realsie that, sadly for her son, when all is said and done, your child has a far rosier, happier future ahead than that child brought up in hate. As an idle thought, might it help, as well as you talking to your son about the fact you absolutely will not die in childbirth, another responsible adult (a trusted teacher, perhaps?) could talk to your son to reassure him? Whatever you choose to do, we're with you!

As an aside, my well behaved/borderline wimp DS (yr 3, age 7) had a run-in on week one of junior school with his 'class bully'(year 4, age 8, composite classes -ugh!). Luckily for him, it was all more or less witnessed by the head master. Nonetheless he 'hauled' BOTH boys into his office for a 'please explain'. I found out about it in the bath a week later. Panic stations! Labelled at 7! However, not a peep since! THOUGH the school's hands may be tied (but, I feel, NOT to the extent they can't pull HER in and read her the riot act in terms of modelling acceptable behaviour etc) they KNOW who the um "dip-sticks" are and who the decent kids from good homes are. You may not be there to see her come-uppance but we all know it's there, waiting.

fireflyfairy2 · 05/02/2007 19:57

How did it go Emm?

colditz · 05/02/2007 20:01

Her comeuppance will come.

It will come when your children get their GCSE's, and hers get their ASBO's.

It will come when your children go to Cambridge and hers go to Borstal.

It will come when your children react to pressure by staying calm, and using appropriate methods to deal with it, and her children react to pressure by screaming, swearing and threatening.

It will come.

OrmIrian · 06/02/2007 11:20

Maybe it will Colditz but it's not just her that will suffer is it? It's her poor kids . A new generation of out of control, angry and unhappy people.

EMMinthepink · 06/02/2007 23:50

Sorry took so long to get back, we decided to take DS to Disneyland for half term to take mind off it, so having to pack etc.
Anyway saw head yesterday and she was good, we have lodged a formal complaint and as the mum called to me first on school property and I just carried on walking, before she ran and caught up with me outside, the head can treat it as an incident started on school property and therefore can issue the mum with a warning of unsuitable behaviour on school property, this means if anything else happens she can be banned from comming onto the property.
Strangley enough the kid and his mum have been a no show at school the last couple of days, I hope it's because of her concious, but to be honest if someone can even think that sort of thing you have to wonder if they have one or if the son is so embarressed he is 'faking it' so he dosen't have to face my son.
The head has written today to the family asking for an urgent meeting, and is giving me a copy of the letter, she will also put all discussion, decisions and plans into writing for me, this also means if anything else happens I have written evidence, the school is totally on my side and everyone is being really nice to me and DS.

Everyone who has heard about it (starnge how you tell one person and the next day everyone seems to know!!) have been really supportive and told me they'll make sure I'm not alone if other mum is there and they will make sure they listen if she says anything to me in case I need a witness etc. really sweet, I'm feeling tons better, and looking forward to getting away for a few days, but not looking forward to all the packing!!!Thanks again to you all for your support and I have had a good laugh at some of the comments, I'll let you know more when it happens. LOL EMM.

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BassMama · 06/02/2007 23:59

OH MY GOD!

What a bitch!

I would definitely phone the police, this was a disturbing verbal attack performed in front of children.

Your poor DS. I hope he (and you) are okay.

VioletBaudelaire · 07/02/2007 00:08

I feel sorry for the children of this unpleasant and aggressive woman.
EMM, I'm glad the school are taking it seriously. I hope you all enjoy your holiday.

Skribble · 07/02/2007 13:07

Good to here the school are prepared to help deal with it.

Glad you are sounding psoitive and hope you enjoy the break .

Sheraz · 08/02/2007 14:10

Your school sounds very good and are dealing with this correctly. Gald to hear it for your sake. Hope this knocks it on the head.

MummyPenguin · 13/02/2007 16:24

I don't honestly think EMM will get much joy from the Police, sadly. It wasn't a death threat per se and the police won't see it as one. What i would do, is not just leave it in the hands of the school, I would go to the governors with it, they have a lot of clout in what the school do, and also go to the Education Board. EMM needs to go above the school's head.
Unfortunately, these people are around, even at our children's schools.

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