Primary school mum’s public call-out on Facebook of ‘bully’ who punched her son divides parents: ‘You’re after a war’

A Victorian primary school mother published a public appeal to the parents of a boy who allegedly punched her son in the face, dividing Australians over what is appropriate to share online. 

The woman, who describes herself as a ‘pretty firm, zero-violence mama’, wrote a lengthy post on a social media community page about an alleged incident on Friday.

She alleged a boy, who the Daily Mail is not naming because he is a minor, had been aggressive towards her son on several occasions.

‘Today, while walking home with his friends, [the boy] punched my son twice in the face and was physically aggressive towards him,’ she claimed.

‘Unfortunately, this isn’t an isolated incident either. My son has also been telling me that [the boy] has been bullying him for a while now, calling him names and even making comments about his scooter.’

The mother listed the year group, class and another student the boy allegedly ‘hangs out’ with before appealing for the child’s parents to contact her. 

‘I’m trying to track down [his] parent because apparently we need to have a little parent-to-parent chat,’ she said.

‘I’m not looking for drama or a Facebook war. I’m looking for accountability, a conversation and for this behaviour towards my son to stop.’

The Daily Mail has contacted the mother and the primary school.

But, the social media post attracted hundreds of responses from fellow school parents and local residents, many of whom were divided over the ethics of sharing so much identifying information online. 

‘As a parent – you should reframe this post. Immediately. I don’t even live in the area and I am seeing this full detail,’ one commenter said.

‘If I was [the boy’s] parents, I would have a massive problem with a grown adult proving strangers [with] enough information… to identify my child!

‘There was zero need to post that detail at all and actually concerning you would feel the need to describe someone’s child to that extent.’

A second person echoed this: ‘Go and ask the school, it’s not right to be talking about someone else’s kid on Facebook and making allegations.’

‘Sounds like by asking for the parents details then posting the entire issue to Facebook sounds like you are after a Facebook war,’ another Australian said.

However, other social media users claiming to be parents at the school alleged their children had also been victims of the same boy. 

‘My son was also bullied about his brand new bike from the same children. He came home hysterical and didn’t want to ride to school again,’ a commenter said.

Another person commended the mother on trying to sort the issue out quickly, adding: ‘I really hope they respond, they might not even know [the boy] is being like that.’

Meanwhile, a third user directly addressed complaints about the public nature of the post. 

‘Nah, F that. If that were my child, I’d be coming after them too. Only difference, my boys have always been told if they get hit, they are to hit back always,’ they said.