5 year old accused of sexual harrassment

[mugsy]

That's just assinine. How ridiculous is that? We have kids bringing guns and knives to school and we are worried about a 5 year old who has no concept of what's going on.

I did find this quote interesting though:

According to a school document provided by the boy's father, the 5-year-old pinched a girl's buttocks on Dec. 8 in a hallway at the school south of Hagerstown.


Charles Vallance, the boy's father, said he was unable to explain to his son what he had done.

Why can't he just tell the kid it's not nice to pinch someone's backside and leave it at that for now?

[kittycats_delight]

Why can't he just tell the kid it's not nice to pinch someone's backside and leave it at that for now?

For me it seems the father couldn't tell the child because it is posssibly a habit the father has with the mother or girlfriend and just doesn't know how to tell him it is not nice to do to people when he himself does it.

Just a thought.

[Giselle]

This is so STUPID. As the guardians and teachers of these young children, we're supposed to be teaching them appropriate and inappropriate touching. Jeez! How is suspending a kindergarten child going to teach them anything about appropriate and inappropriate touch? It's just going to confuse and scare them. What a sadistic move on the school's part!

[king2005]

Wow, guess I should start screaming rape everytime Gwyneith put her head or hand on my boobs

[Argranade]

Hahaha that's so stupid,

Come on the kid is only 5 haha, uhh .. what next .....

News alert!

A 7 year old girl was suspened for drawing a banana that looked wrong!,

The parents had no comment, but the teachers where shocked!

[GreyhoundGirl]

Hahaha that's so stupid,

Come on the kid is only 5 haha, uhh .. what next .....

News alert!

A 7 year old girl was suspened for drawing a banana that looked wrong!,

The parents had no comment, but the teachers where shocked!

LOL I wouldn't be surprised

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm just a tad bit confused here- the child doesn't understand what happened, so how is he expected to know what kind of of behavior is wrong?

[Husky_mom]

then every basketball, football, baseball, soccer, etc. players woulde be doing the same?? .....come on people......there is a certain line between play and harrasment..........and a kid no way knows that........

some people.......

[lizbud]

Why can't he just tell the kid it's not nice to pinch someone's backside and leave it at that for now?

I agree with Molly.