Even professional ball players are occasionally hit by batted balls. Yes, they may be. If the offending child has a vicious or violent temperament, his parents probably were aware of it or should have been, and they may be liable for failing to exercise reasonable control over the child. Proof that a child has violent tendencies includes previous incidents of assault or cruelty which were made known to the parents. If the child has never been vicious before, then the parents have no way of predicting or preventing the first outbreak, so it would be very difficult to establish liability.
Parents receive the money, in their capacity as the natural guardians of their minor children.
However, they can't spend it without court approval. They must manage the money by keeping it in a separate account earmarked for the child. Every state has adopted laws that require attendance at school for some minimum period of a child's life, usually from ages 5 or 6 to 14 or 16. Parents, however, have the right to decide which schools their children go to, whether public or private, parochial or secular. If you want to educate your child at home, for whatever reason, your state's law may require that you first get the approval of your local school board.