A Maryland second-grader was rushed to the hospital after being “hanged” in the boys' bathroom by an older bully who told him to “show me what I did to people in the past.” parents insist.
The horrific incident, which left a 7-year-old boy hospitalized with a bruised neck, occurred Friday at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School in Waldorf, a suburb about 37 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. WUSA9 reported.
According to the paper, the boy's mother wrote on social media: “My second-grader was hanged in the boys' bathroom by a fourth-grader.”
“The most shocking thing was receiving a phone call from the school saying my child was being rushed to North West Children's Hospital,” she claimed. “I am red in the face with anger, but my son is here by the grace of God and I will be forever grateful!”
Documents from the boy's hospital visit listed one of his injuries as a contusion to his neck due to blunt force trauma.
“When I looked at my son, I saw what looked like blood vessels under his eyes and he still has a strangulation bruise on his neck,” the boy's parents told the program, requesting anonymity. Ta.
“He is traumatized. It will take time,” the boy's mother added. “This isn't something he'll get over overnight.”
Charles County Public Schools acknowledged the incident and chalked it up to “horseplay” in a letter to parents, but the boy's family feels this isn't enough.
“If you don't know what I mean. If you're playing horseplay, how do you get caught on the hook? I want an answer, just like we need an answer, and until I get an answer. We won’t stop,” the mother said.
“My son told me that when he went to the bathroom, a little boy said, “I'm going to show you what I used to do to people.'' So he felt it was bullying.'' my parents said. “We don't know how many other children this has happened to.”
The parents have since withdrawn their son from the school, but want the school district to increase monitoring of the student.
“I would like to see at least a policy like hallway monitors. I would like to know why a fourth grader is in the same bathroom as a second grader. Most schools separate students,” the mother said. “I think this is very unacceptable.”
“They are all our children, they are our future, and we must protect them, just as we send our children to school every day knowing they are safe. '' said the boy's father.
