Forgive and forget

Apologies were given, no charges were laid and everyone is friends again following an attack caught on video Sunday evening.

The mother of an 11-year-old girl who was filmed being struck repeatedly by a 15-year-old outside of Silver City said the two are back to being friends.

"I got the girls here sitting in the bedroom hanging out," said the woman, who tbnewswatch.com has chosen not to name to protect the identity of her daughter.

The mother said she met with the 15-year-old’s father on Monday evening and they decided it was better for the families to work it out amongst themselves rather than involving the police.

"I would rather talk amongst the parents then have to go out and call the police because I know the police have better things to do than stand around and listen to kids have a stupid disagreement," she said.

Her daughter, a student at Ogden Community Public School, has felt embarrassed and ashamed after the video, posted to Facebook, ended up in local media. Although she said things were blown out of proportion, she’d still like to see the video.

"I have not seen this video yet. I would love to look at this video to see how bad it actually looked," she said.

Her daughter called Sunday night just after 9:30 p.m. asking her to come get her from the theatre.

"I just piled on the winter clothing took a walk down there. I was very mad because I had to go and get her and I found her in tears," she said.

Her daughter suffered bruises to her upper right arm and a black eye and was pretty shaken up. The 15-year-old apologized, but the mother admits she’s still like to speak with her some more.

"I guess she’s learned her lesson through everything that’s being on TV and stuff," she said. "She said ‘I’m sorry I did that,’ but I would still like to talk to her and tell her ‘You shouldn’t treat people like that.’”

Although police were called, executive officer Chris Adams said the officers involved thought it would be better for the parents of the children to handle it.

"No charges were laid and it was left to the parents to deal with," Adams said.

Still, he said, the experience should be a lesson for those children involved, especially the one who posted it to Facebook.

"By posting something like this you’re potentially embarrassing the people involved in it and you’re certainly violating their privacy," Adams said.

The mother said it hasn’t been easy for her daughter since moving from Longlac two years ago, having to adjust to city life. Not all kids are angels and the best way to help them is to communicate she said.

"You just have to talk and try to listen to them and that’s about it," she said.