I wrote this last year, in a snit - and decided to post today, even though this is long since resolved....
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In the spirit of Flappiness Is, I have a letter of my own to get off my chest...
Dear Fellow Mom at the Track Meet -
I understand. I really do. And I'm sorry. I am so very very sorry that my son hurt your son. I understand the blinding anger that comes from finding out that someone did damage to your baby.
I have spoken to my son. He knows that he cannot use physical violence in the face of teasing. He knows it is simply unacceptable. He is, in fact, heartbroken that he hurt someone else.
But let me clear one thing up. Your kid is not an angel. He is not blameless in this. He, along with another child, provoked and teased an autistic child to the point that said autistic child lashed out in anger.
Please don't try to convince me that your kid is an angel who was attacked by my kid for no reason, when, in fact, your kid spent at least 10 minutes throwing gravel and rubber track bits at my kid in the bull pen before my kid lost it. My kid has been dealt with because his behavior was unacceptable but you need to look at the kid sitting next to you with the shit-eating grin because THAT kid? That kid is lying to you. And if he is lying to you at 11 about provoking a fellow runner while not being supervised in the bull pen, then you are in for a world of hurt in a few years.
Whew.
Glad I could get this off my chest. That was therapeutic. I should do this more often.
