Should I report to police?

[Aelathehuntress]

My 15 yr old has fallen out with a friend. To cut a long story short, this friends mother confronted my child in town and has pushed them in the back. The situation has had right & wrong on both sides, her kid is no angel & I know mine isn’t either. This happened 2 weeks ago & I’ve only just found out. My question is would you report to the police that she put her hands on my child? Is it too late? I’ve never met this woman, but she does not seem a reasonable sort that you can speak to calmly. What would you do?

I'd ask my child what they think.

Probably not. I assume he isn't injured in any way? I am not sure a small push would be viewed as assault. I would just tell him to give that family a wide berth in future.

@ApolloandDaphne no not injured. It’s annoyed me though because as adults, we know it’s not ok to put hands on a child. And I just know if I did it to her child I would probably have the police on my door. Im aware that time has passed & no injuries but I’m still annoyed.

@FindingMeno my child hid it from me until now as didn’t want any trouble. They said it didn’t hurt but still it’s annoyed me.

No. They aren’t going to do a thing about it. And it would just escalate the situation. She sounds like a tool, try and forget about it.

There is no evidence to enable the police to pursue and investigation, and it doesn't really sound that it is in the public interest to take it further.

@Luredbyapomegranate thats the thing, they won’t do anything anyway! And I don’t want to escalate anything.

@CraftyGin maybe not, but I was just thinking it might make her think next time she feels like putting her hands on another child if the police did (but the prob won’t!) give her a visit.

No, but I also wouldn’t expect that my child had told me the whole truth in that situation either. Teenagers often have a different perception of what’s actually happened, especially when things are heated. I’ve seen kids argue their case even when they’ve been shown the video evidence that they’re not telling the truth.

[quote Aelathehuntress]@FindingMeno my child hid it from me until now as didn’t want any trouble. They said it didn’t hurt but still it’s annoyed me.[/quote]
I would leave it then.
I would be annoyed too so I do totally get that, so I'm not saying it's ok, because it isn't.
Hope the situation re: the friendship is resolved now.

@FindingMeno I have decided to leave it this time because as @VariationsonaTheme said, for all I know there may be details I’m not privy to as teens may not tell parents the whole story. If she does it again I will re assess. Thanks everyone.

I've had something similar
My DD was out with a lad who wasn't supposed to be out . They were found by the father who told them aggressively to get in the car and yell and swear at his son in front of my Dd . She got out the car and was told to get the f back in , she had never met this dad before and said she was terrified and ran off .

We sent a msg to the mum to say we understood that the lad was in trouble but to shout at our DD and put her in the car had terrified her and if anything else happened like that again we would be informing the police .
They said dad was going to drop her home . We said that she hadn't been told that and she was upset at seeing the lad being threatened and that she would be next .

No police this time

They blocked us