My next-door neighbors' son is full of fail

[Jack_Kerouac]

I've loathed the kid for years, as he's always been a little brat, and he can barely talk and still pisses his pants at 4 1/2 -- in short, he's dumb and a bully.

Well, today he pushed my 4 1/2-year-old son off a retaining wall in our yard, breaking my son's wrist.

Just hoping Starman can send some of his unique vigilante justice karma vibes the way of the cretin next door.

 

[Moderator1]

Just get a lawyer and let him/her handle it.

 

[OnTheRiver]

Just get a lawyer and let him/her handle it.

Yup.

Hope your kiddo gets better soon, Jack.

 

[Overrated]

I've loathed the kid for years, as he's always been a little brat, and he can barely talk and still pisses his pants at 4 1/2 -- in short, he's dumb and a bully.

This whole sentence made me laugh. So, you've loathed him since he was what, 1?

I'm sorry the rest of your post turned the way it did. I hope your boy gets better. It might be a little extreme to bring a lawyer into the ordeal, but I'd absolutely threaten that mode of action.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

hope your son heals quickly.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Sorry for your son.

When I was five the bully in our trailer court bit my new nerf football in half and then punched me in the stomach. And laughed. He was two years older but we ended up going to school together because he was dumb (not sure if he still pissed his pants. Probably) and got held back. His bullying skills only got better as he got older. Senior year, he punched the principal after our senior trip and was expelled. Last time I was home, I heard he was in prison. So, rest assured, in 25 years, that brat that pushed your kid will be locked up somewhere.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

When I was three, the neighborhood bully tossed me to the ground so he could take my tricycle. It broke my arm. My parents looked at legal options but were pretty much told there wasn't much that could be done.

 

[Moderator1]

That was 40 years ago, butt. If the bully's parents get socked with some legal hassle, perhaps they will work harder at teaching his little ass not to be a bully.
If there's no severe consequence, what will get him to stop?

 

[BTExpress]

If a lawyer takes this case, this country is more FUBAR than I ever imagined.

Parent talks to parent. Parent talks to kids. That's how it has been done since I can remember.

I didn't even know it was possible to be a bully at 4 1/2. Dumb and rough and a brat, yes.

 

[Bump_Wills]

If a lawyer takes this case, this country is more FUBAR than I ever imagined.

Parent talks to parent. Parent talks to kids. That's how it has been done since I can remember.

I didn't even know it was possible to be a bully at 4 1/2. Dumb and rough and a brat, yes.

Exactly.

When I was 6 and got the snot pounded out of me by an older kid at a trailer court in Elko, Nev., my dad and my uncle handled it exactly as Dr. Spock's book describes.

They went over to the camper where the kid and his folks were staying, brandished baseball bats and politely urged them to move along. Which they did.

Dad and unc had been drinking. I don't know whether that was a factor in the incident.

 

[dooley_womack1]

When I saw the thread title, I was verrry afraid.

 

[Moderator1]

Except today someone would whip out a gun and Dad and Unc would be dead.

 

[Bump_Wills]

Except today someone would whip out a gun and Dad and Unc would be dead.

That presumes Dad and Unc would be sticking to their 1976 weapons. Either way, you're right: It would be uglier today.

 

[Moderator1]

It's a different world. My folks would have handled it another way. Hell, my kid was four 20 years ago - I would have handled it another way.
Today? Lawyering up. Sorry if that makes me FUBAR.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Dude, Moddy, I'm not even 30 yet! I'm only a little bit older than your kid.

 

[Buck]

Get your kid some nunchaku.

 

[BTExpress]

It's a different world.

So much so that one parent talking to the other parent isn't even an option . . . if only to say the effort was made?

There are threads in which I feel like Wally Cleaver placed in the middle of a South Park episode. This is one of them.

 

[JC]

So this is what it has come to, suing a 4 year old.
I wonder how much fun this kids life will be in school once the other kids find out his parents sued the other kids parents.
Go talk to other ****ing parents and sort it out.

 

[pallister]

Sure, get a lawyer. Our society isn't litigious enough.

 

[Buck]

Throwing star