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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I would file a police report for my kids if I would file one if an adult had done that thing to me. I don’t think that it being done by a kid or to my kid makes something not an assault.[/quote]

What a ridiculous response. These things are not in any way equivalent. If a stranger walked up and punched me in the arm, I might very well call the police but if a child does this I would not. You are not very bright but think you are clever. [/quote]

Stop equating elementary school kids punching vs. choking. One of these is way more serious than the other. A kid who chokes another kid and threatens with a weapon garners a way more severe level of concern. My kids have been hit in school and I was not feeling like I needed to do more beyond ensure the school was separating the kids, tell my kid it was ok to hit back, etc.

But a kid with hands on my kids neck trying to CHOKE them?? For one, I'd take my kid to see a doctor to ensure no larynx injury, and for another, yes, I'd consider a police report and I absolutely would file one if I didn't get a sense that the school was doing enough for that kind of behavior.  If you have a kid who CHOKES other kids, you have some sort of dysfunctional family life. If you dismiss a kids another kid, you are a part of the problem.[/quote]

Agree. NP here.  You would not believe the incidents that are "allowed" at the "best" high schools. There was video of one kid choking another kid, and other incidents also on video. The offending kid's parent/s threw a fit, and tried to blame the victim. The offending kid's parents knew the system, backward and forward, because their kid had been in trouble so often, for so long.

It honestly reminded me of Crumbley's family (the kid whose mom was charged today) - there were more kids than the family could handle, they were over stretched on their mortgage, so many issues, with more than one of the kids. Do not for one second think that FCPS is looking out for the victim. Ever. The police actually asked if there was permanent damage.  It leads me to think that the police are coached in how to respond. The victim's family hired a lawyer, finally.  Most people wanted to see the offending family sued, but did not want the victim to go through any more than they already had.

Beware especially of other parents trying to blame your kid, and.or change the story in their favor, because that seems common place in certain communities. There is no excuse for violence, assault, or any of the other abhorrent offenses that FCPS lets slide under the guise of "restorative justice" BS.  [/quote]

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