| Re: Son accidentally damages another child's jacket - liability?
In my opinion, it is the different culture issue here. I am not talking about the actual instance but the OP refuses to talk to the boy/call them back and the boy's mother refuses to talk to the OP. We are in Switzerland, so I think we should adapt to their custom how to handling things here. If the other family wants their son to resolve his own problem, the OP should respect that. It is not that his parents are completely leaving the issue on their son's hand, his mom is in the background guiding him. I know there are a lot of Swiss customs/ mantalities that we don't agree with; but we are living in their country, we should try to understand that and try to do/resolve things their ways.
The other boy started the fight but the OP's son was not completely innocence here. He did "fight" back; he chased after the other boy and pulled his jacket instead of going to the authority. Both parties should take the consequence, the problem should already been compromise from the beginning rather than making a big deal out of it. Children teases/provoke each other everyday(as long as no major harm done), it shouldn't make a big fuss. It doesn't matter who needs to call who, who deals with whom… just get it over with. There are more important stuffs you need to worry about in life or your children life.  |