Thread: Son accidentally damages another child's jacket - liability?
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Old 18.03.2010, 22:28
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Re: Son accidentally damages another child's jacket - liability?
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If we were in the 'states, I'd say "Have your lawyer call my lawyer", but we're not. See if you can model good adult behavior in this situation for your kids. What would you have your kids do if they were in your situation?
I would have my kids put the situation into the hands of their parents. I also told my son to apologise for the damage - which he did. There are children at the school who come from a local children's home and I checked with my son that this boy was not one of those and have also checked, as much as I can, that the family is not one suffering from real economic hardship.

If the kid hadn't told me that the jacket cost CHF 400 which I simply don't believe, I probably would have offered to have it repaired.

I could, of course, offer to repair it myself and as only tonight I altered a pair of trousers for my younger son, resulting in one leg being 3 inches shorter than the other, this could be a suitable revenge!
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