She probably just reached down and threw the first thing she found. (I am impressed she was able to throw smething that big that well.) Kids don't necessarily think about the consequences of the rock being worse than the consequences of a water balloon. It possible both sets of parents would've worked out suitable punishments for both kids if the police hadn't stepped in. That what happened when something similar happened in my neighborhood growing up.

I said it first! but then, you said it better.

I was 11 once. And I knew the consequences of throwing a 2 lb rock at somebody.

I think felony assault is a little much, but I don't like that freemaribel site either that makes it seem like it was harmless childplay. The action needs to be dealt with, whether through therapy or discipline.

My brother threw a rubber mallet at his best friends when he was 5 when they got into a fight over something. Luckily, he had lousy aim. It's also when we discovered he knew the word 'asshole.' As did the entire neighborhood.

He got in BIG trouble with my parents.

When my mother was a kid, she threw a rock at a kid who'd been tormenting her. He was walking away. She threw the rock. He turned around. Bam! Right in the eye.

Yeah, when I was a kid, one of my buddies threw a rock at a girl, and missed by twenty feet, breaking a window instead. Since I was there, and I was the oldest (I was probably 11 at the time), I was the one who got in trouble.

I said it first!

Yes, you did.

for the mallet or the cussing? :)

Eleven is not tiny -- it's adolescent. I'm not saying 11 year olds are grownups, but they know what happens when you hit someone.

You know what? I don't know what it means for the victim to "press charges." Is it a term for whether or not the victim is cooperative?

I was 11 once. And I knew the consequences of throwing a 2 lb rock at somebody.

The kids was 11? Oh, that's too old for that nonsense. I think my mother was 4 or 5.

Is it a term for whether or not the victim is cooperative?

no, it means that the victim intitates the legal proceeding. there are certain cases when the victim does not have to.

Yeah, when I was a kid, one of my buddies threw a rock at a girl, and missed by twenty feet, breaking a window instead. Since I was there, and I was the oldest (I was probably 11 at the time), I was the one who got in trouble.

Something similar happened to dh, but he was older, and the kid who did throw the rock wasn't throwing rocks at a girl.