Accidentally hurt my child feel terrible and worried what will happen if it gets reported?
My son is 8 has autism and constantly hits everyone, his friends, his siblings and me. It gets to the point where I have to supervise every encounter he has with peers or other wise he will hit or hurt someone.
Today he got in trouble cause he kicked his sister in stomach so he had to immediately turn off his Nintendo. This made him extremely angry as he loves gaming but he knows that this is the consequence for hitting. Then he calmed down and went upstairs and was quietly playing there. I was doing the dishes and he came down stairs and brought a cup down which I realised was covered in paint. So I was like shit he is playing with paints, which he is not allowed without my supervision for the reason that everything in the house will be covered in paint. So I went upstairs and told him off and said that because of this he is not allowed to play today with his street friends outside.
So he had another tantrum and started hitting me in the back and stomach- I am also pregnant but he is not aware of this. I got very upset and took him and put him on the ground and told him to stop hurting me. Then he threw a big car at me and I threw it back but not aiming at him. Unfortunately it bounced back and hit him in the face leaving a mark next to his eye :/. I immediately apologised and said I didn’t mean to do that. We applied some ice and I put plaster on it, We talked about it and apologised and cuddled. Now i think he understands what happened and we both agreed to take deep breaths etc when upset so things like this not happen. I am so ashamed that this happened I hope he understands it wasn’t intentional.
I’m worried also now what will happen if school or anyone will see it and ask him about it and decide to report it? It was accidental and I did not aim to hit him with it but it was done it frustration so I’m not sure if it qualifies as true accident.