what is the mother going to sue the kid? Who the hell even brought that up? Obviously it was a terrible error.

It has to be a simple forgiveable unforseeable mistake. Riverwood is a fairly new school. There's no high bushes and it's well maintained and well staffed by highly qualified and responsible teachers. There's always more than one person out in the mornings and afternoons making sure drop offs and pickups are safe. No sue happy story here.

This doesn't sound like a big deal. Sounds like an innocent mistake and they will probably take better precautions to avoid it next time. When I was 16, I was riding with a careless driver and was hit by a 70,000 lb loaded log truck and died twice on the way to the hospital. Now that's something to get upset about! And talk about suing someone -- now that's what you call a lawsuit!

Its hard to pay attention to your child when they jump down from your SUV -- to which their head probably doesn't clear the front tires in height -- when you drop them off. Yes, waiting to see them get on the sidewalk around be the right thing to do, but judging from the live of Tahoes, Suburbans, Explorers and Landcruisers I see outside most middle schools in the AM and PM, I can say that this was probably an honest mistake and the mother is likely devastated because she managed to do the unthinkable -- she hurt her child. Have we forgotten what the benefit of the doubt it?

I am trying to understand the value add here!