My daughter (15) has mild cerebral palsy and was arguing with another girl her age after school. We all live in the same neighborhood. Apparently the two girls haven't liked each other for awhile. On the day of this incident both girls were throwing out insults and my daughter made a nasty comment about the other girl's younger sister who also has cerebral palsy. After the comment, the other girl hit my daughter first. My daughter was fighting back but she's much smaller and got beat up pretty badly. She came home with bruises on her face and a cut lip. Nothing that needed medical attention but I was still horrified. She tried to hide her face from me and didn't want to tell me the story probably because she knew I would be highly upset with her, but my son (14) was there and told me everything that happened.Now the reason I'm debating pressing charges is because I tried to speak calmly with the other girl's mother to come to a resolution and she was very cold about the whole situation. I had my daughter apologize for her comment and didn't receive one back for her beating up my daughter. I attempted to have a sit down meeting where we could all get to the bottom of the situation and resolve it but that was turned down. My daughter got hurt. I tried to be compassionate and work things out among the families but that didn't work so now I'm considering involving the police. Any suggestions or advice? This situation is so tough for me. I've never dealt with anything like this before. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2n9OX9U
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