Child broke his leg on my watch?

Tri-Harder

My first question would be HOW. Because I'm not sure I'd believe he broke his leg jumping on the bed yesterday and was still able to play, go home, and not realize it until the next day. It would have to be a pretty mild break for that. You can break an arm and maybe not realize it, but legs are weight-bearing. My suspicion is that he broke his leg at home and she's blaming you.

Valleycat1

Unless you know they had a rule against jumping on the bed, so you should have been keeping a better eye on him, take her comment at face value and let her know how sorry you are that his injury is that bad. Maybe drop off a present for him and a bread and butter gift for the parents. Accidents happen, and sometimes injuries in kids are not immediately apparent as to how bad they are. Heck, I know a kid whose dad was a doctor and mom a nurse, who walked around with a broken arm for a week before they finally believed him that it might be broken and he wasn't just complaining to get out of chores.

J M

It wasn't your fault. His parents should have told him not to jump on the bed. Although you should have stopped it. But if he has done it before, and his parents did not punish him for it, it isn't your fault that he did it.

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