Dangerous child?

[ks468]

Our 9 year old neighbor held my son in a headlock and stuck a saw blade in his face.  My son (also 9) started to cry and yelled to his younger sister to run home.  The nine year old neighbor told my daughter that if she went home that he would kill our son.  He proceded to hit my son in the back with the handle of this saw blade and shove him to the ground, making it look like he stabbed my son in front of his 9 year old sister.  We only learned of the incident when my son refused to play outside and he finally revealed why.  We spoke with the parents of the child.  We have recently learned that 6 months before the incident with our son, he also threatned to kill another boy in the neighborhood, and on that occasion used a knife during the incident.  I am now concerned that we should do more in light of this information.  Is this child a danger to our community?

[benjimom]

how scary.  Let us knwo what happened, but I think the otehr suggestions are good.

[ks468]

To specialmom and to all the others who have posted an answer to my question, I THANK you.  This has been a real struggle for our family.  We would never imagine ourselves in a situation in which the 9 year old child next door would become such a nightmare in our lives.  My son is terrified and some of the other neighbors seem as if they don't want to do anything regarding this situation.  I really appreciate your help and understanding!

[specialmom]

I had one other thought-----   have you ever said anything to the boy yourself?  I had a kid that was not being nice to one of my children . . . I went to him myself and said he is NOT to bother my son again or I would take proper steps to stop him.  He doesn't bug my kid anymore.  Just a thought.  Of course,  he wasn't holding a sharp object to my child threatening to kill him . . .

[specialmom]

I agree with all of the above.  This is a dangerous young man.  What if that saw had droped on your son?  Accidentally with a knife or saw to someone----  someone could get seriously hurt.  Did his parents act as if it were okay?  They are either petrified of what this means for their son or he's learning it from them . . . either way, you must keep your kids safe.  Your poor kids----  that would be traumatic.  

[Sweetipi]

Call the police and let them know what's going on... Or inform the child protection services and they will check ur nieghboors... If I were u I will bring the kids to thier regular doctor and see if they're okay or need to be seen with a psychologist, they might have more fear after the incident.
Just watch them more now that u ate aware about ur nieghboor... Kids need to be more careful...
Goodluck!

[Sandman2]

I would also let the school know of this since they could be in the same classroom or on the playground together.  There are very strong rules about bullying at school.

[Hopeyandmiah]

At the very least I would notify the police of this behavior, especially if the parents of the child are not doing anything to remedy the situation, such as counceling or what not. I would be afraid to let my kids play near him too. If it were me and the parents of this child were not seeking some kind of help for the child i would also notify social services, perhaps the home needs to be investigated in its self.