12 yr old daughter hit on head with chunk of wood - Action?

[Tomo1971]

Got home from work last night to find daughter (12) was playing out with pals and a younger lad through a chunk of wood at her and hit her on the head.

Seems that this action was deliberate, the lad walked off laughing.

At first it didn't hurt daughter and she just brushed it off but her pal noticed a few minutes later it was quite bad. Came home and wife pulled out a few splinters from the area of impact. She was then quite dizzy and has been so today as well.

Wife went up the house where the lad belongs, I don't go cos to be fair, if I turn up looking the way I do it just passes the impression I am there to batter the living st out of them (I am quite a big fella shall we say) and that causes more issues than it solves where kids and their parents are involved. My wife is infinitesimally more tactful than me as well.

She spoke to mum (there is no dad) and to be fair was reasonable and wife got the impression she struggles with the five kids she has but mum said to call the police on the little st, ooops I mean darling.

So we have made a call to plod and booked an appointment (how very modern?) for them to come around over the weekend.

One part of me thinks kids will be kids so let it be, but the other thinks that he needs spoken to sternly by plod so hopefully it nips any behaviour he has in the bud. I know due to his age nothing will happen to him other than hopefully a stern word from plod but is it worth it?

[Tomo1971]

Thanks for the replies.... swapped pc so been off the net a little..

Daughter is fine, was a little dizzy on the Friday too but we had kept an eye on her and went into the doctors Friday morning. She's fine, has a couple of small bits of wood left in the wound but they have given advise and some thing to help draw them out..

Plod came up over the weekend and spoke to her and even though non of us are over stating what happened they are keen to speak to him., think that maybe he's started to run off the rails before, maybe further intervention may be enough to push him the right direction now.

May well have been bravado in front of his pals but who knows. Even if no action is taken, which at his age is doubtful anyway then the police at his house having a chat may be a help to him and his family.