so last night i am coaching my younger sons football practice and my older son, 11yo, was there with a lot of other siblings running around rough housing, playing football, wrestling, etc.
at one point he comes running by being chased by another kid and the other kid grabs his shoulders and does the leg whip trip and my son hits the ground, hard. i thought they were just messing around and yelled at them to get off the practice field, while my son is getting up holding his shoulder and dragging his arm around.
one of the other dads said something like, "dang man, he might have separated his shoulder, he hit hard." i watch him for a second and figure he is ok, and finish practice.
after practice i walk over and see how hurt he is and he cant left his arm or make a fist, he says its all tight and aching. i then find out the other kid is a freshman, although not much bigger than Brock, and had already tackled my nephew and another kid real hard and that he was chasing my son because he thought my son was being mean to another kid. they said he acts like that every time they are out there.
another parent that saw what happened came over and told me i need to get the kids info and talk to his parents in case there are any medical expenses. and my wife, of course, gets all fired up when we get home and Brock wont lift his arm, saying she wants to contact the kids parents as well, if we have to go to the doctor.
i told her i am not doing that, and told the other dad last night that i am not going to talk to the kids parents.
when he woke up this morning his arm was much better, said it was still a little tight and sore but he was moving it around fine. it sounded to me like he got what we used to call a stinger.
would you have contacted the other parents? would you if your son had to go to the doctor or a specialist? i chalked it up to boys being boys, but the other parent had me wondering what if it was my kid that hurt someone, would they be coming after me for expenses? anyone been in this situation before?
right or wrong, i told Brock that if they are out there again the the kid does it to him or anyone again that i want him to step in and confront the kid and if it gets physical, it gets physical.
at one point he comes running by being chased by another kid and the other kid grabs his shoulders and does the leg whip trip and my son hits the ground, hard. i thought they were just messing around and yelled at them to get off the practice field, while my son is getting up holding his shoulder and dragging his arm around.
one of the other dads said something like, "dang man, he might have separated his shoulder, he hit hard." i watch him for a second and figure he is ok, and finish practice.
after practice i walk over and see how hurt he is and he cant left his arm or make a fist, he says its all tight and aching. i then find out the other kid is a freshman, although not much bigger than Brock, and had already tackled my nephew and another kid real hard and that he was chasing my son because he thought my son was being mean to another kid. they said he acts like that every time they are out there.
another parent that saw what happened came over and told me i need to get the kids info and talk to his parents in case there are any medical expenses. and my wife, of course, gets all fired up when we get home and Brock wont lift his arm, saying she wants to contact the kids parents as well, if we have to go to the doctor.
i told her i am not doing that, and told the other dad last night that i am not going to talk to the kids parents.
when he woke up this morning his arm was much better, said it was still a little tight and sore but he was moving it around fine. it sounded to me like he got what we used to call a stinger.
would you have contacted the other parents? would you if your son had to go to the doctor or a specialist? i chalked it up to boys being boys, but the other parent had me wondering what if it was my kid that hurt someone, would they be coming after me for expenses? anyone been in this situation before?
right or wrong, i told Brock that if they are out there again the the kid does it to him or anyone again that i want him to step in and confront the kid and if it gets physical, it gets physical.
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