I was not at the swim meet when #2 had an altercation with another boy. A disagreement over a ball resulted in my son scratching the other boy. I have no idea what really caused the argument to escalate into physical contact. The kid was bleeding. He was scratched on the face. This is the first time anything like this has happened with him.
Afterwards, as #2 was walking past a closed baby pool with the solar cover on, the other boy pushed him in and what could have been dangerous wound up fine.
Hubby saw #2 land on the solar cover and gave the scary face that screams, “why the heck did you do that?” to the other boy. When questioned, #2 said he did nothing to deserve getting thrown in. This was a busy event. Then #1 informed Hubby of the truth, which was different from the story he had heard. He was angry. So he grabbed #2 and brought him to the mom who was coddling her injured cub so he could apologize. Which he did. But wouldn’t you expect the mom to encourage her child to apologize too. Afterall, what he did was not right nor safe. She could have used the opportunity to turn the experience into a teaching moment.
Then as #1 and #2 were walking past some kids from the other team, they were yelling at my boys because of the incident. What #2 did was not right, but that doesn’t make it ok to retaliate.
Now he’s grounded, going to bed early in the summer is not fun. I’m sure it’s not the last time this sort if thing happens, but I hope it might be.
Marathon training update:
Ran 6 miles today.
