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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few years ago, they probably expected the schools to handle it by expelling the student.

Now, they probably know the school will do nothing but don’t want to call the cops because they don’t want to be cancelled.

But I agree with you. If someone assaults my kids, I’m pressing charges. I don’t care if it happens at school or not.[/quote]

What do you consider assault? When a kindergartner bites another kid? When a 3rd grader hits another kid because he didn’t like the way a game ended? When a middle schooler trips a kid in the hallway as a joke? When another kid gets jealous of a toy or something and pushes them down to get it? I’ve seen all of these things and I wouldn’t consider any one of them assault. [/quote]

DP. Anything that leaves a physical mark, especially past upper elementary. With the exception of the biting, the rest of the things you mentioned wouldn’t warrant that. A closed fist punch, a shove hard enough to cause a hard fall and bruising, a puncture wound from being stabbed with a pen? Yes. I wouldn’t press charges if a kindergartner bit my kid but I’d make it clear that better be the last time or I’d escalate the issue. You get kicked out of daycare or private preschool for that. I’m not sure why it’s expected to be tolerated in kindergarten or first grade.[/quote]

You can't press charges against a kindergartner.  Children that age are simply not criminally responsible.  It's insane that you think that people not calling the cops means they are "tolerating" normal childhood misbehavior.  We are talking about children.  Young children.  You think they need to be arrested?  Taken to jail?  There are schools and states where that happens, and it's hideous and ugly and horrifying and traumatic.  Children don't belong in the penal system.  Period.  High school students are different, but even then, not every issue belongs in the criminal justice system.  [/quote]

PP. The question was what I'd consider assault, not whether I'd press charges against a kindergartner or even elementary school aged child. I wouldn't press charges for a younger student but I'd be documenting it. A bunch of us had to do this when one of my kids was in early elementary school, and eventually the student was sent to CSS. I am certain the school would have denied anything and let more kids be injured if parents had not taken photographs of the injuries and kept records. I'm guessing the people who are saying "your kid will survive a bite or two!" have never had one of their own children get injured by a classmate and require medical attention. I have, and it's horrible. [/quote]

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