Another kid broke my son's jaw

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into this further . He would really have to punch your son hard in the face to break his jaw! Why so angry? I would at least call the school, if they were in HS, it would be grounds for suspension. You can't go around punching people that touch your head.

Not really. You catch someone the wrong way, and a moderate punch can easily break a jaw.

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I broke my hand in middle school punching someone who spit on me. Did he deserve to be punched?

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Anonymous wrote:+1 I’m freajed out by how many people are defending a punch to the face in this situation. I don’t know anyone IRL like this (I hope!!?). Scary.

You're a woman, right? You're not at any risk of being punched. You know plenty of people IRL who would defend this. They're called "men". Every man knows that if he crosses the line (verbally or physically) with another guy, that guy is going to punch him in the face. And he will deserve it. No amount of female pearl-clutching is going to change this.

NP here. 'Scuse me, bro, but plenty of us women have been punched in the face before. Go clutch your own pearls, dude.

Yeah right. Spare me your kickboxing tankgrrrrrl fantasies. I’m not talking about your girly hair-pulling slapfights, toots. And you’re missing the point that men, unlike women, know that every other guy has a point where he will take a swing at you if you push him too far. And that in that case, other guys will say he had it coming.

Lol at this idiot who doesn’t realize that an alarmingly high percentage of women are hit by men. And lol that he also doesn’t realize 95% of our decision making takes into account how to not get punched in the face and raped by men. F you bro.

agree so much. There are women who get punched by other women, but I think that is more an issue in high school bathrooms. There have been teenage girls who have died in the last year after being severely beaten by other teenage girls. I worry about men punching me. I don't worry about men who are goofing off, I worry about the ones who are okay seriously injuring or killing me. Dumbass.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is in college; he is 18. He lives in a dorm and was screwing around with kids in his dorm; he touched another kid's head, then did it again and the other kid punched him in the face and broke his jaw. This was not a fight, just teens screwing around. There was no alcohol involved. I'm not sure how to handle this. My son goes to school OOS, I do not know this other kid. My son went to the ED, had a CAT scan and will be followed up by a specialist. This will likely be rather expensive. I don't know if we should have him call the police and file a report, or just try to contact the other kid's parents. I'm inclined to not just let this go. WWYD? Thanks.

Sounds like an accident. And like your kid was being a jerk. Typically college behavior. Make your son pay for it to teach him a lesson.

Thanks for resurrecting a 6 week old thread for no reason at all!

If the OP would like to update, that would be great. Otherwise, I think it's all been covered.

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I forgot about this thread. Hope OP comes back and updates us.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I'd be upset too but presumably you have health insurance so you're just on the hook for co-pays. It's not worth suing that kid or his family for co-pays. Forget the money. Get it fixed with the best medical attention and advise your son to stay away from this guy.

Wow! Are you posting this from 1990? That's how my mom thinks insurance works, too. A lot of people have coinsurance, deductibles, etc.

+1. #checkyourprivilege. I have a $6000 deductible on my health insurance plan. I wouldn’t see a penny of reimbursement until I ran out the deductible.

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I’m...no alcohol involved? Your son »touched » the other kids head? Wow you are gullible OP. Don’t open this up with the law. You may not like what’s discovered.

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We all learn in kindergarten to keep our hands to ourselves, right?

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Anonymous wrote:We all learn in kindergarten to keep our hands to ourselves, right?

x100000

Did you sue the family, OP? I hope so.

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What if the kid had killed OP's kid? What if it turned out wrong? Then what?