Irony: When sex education is taught to younger and younger kids, and people are appalled when they actually try those things.
{Ping to Metmom for the ARTH list... not a whole lot of solid information here, but the principal’s nonchalant attitude is extremely disconcerting, IMHO.]
A “one-time incident”, huh? Well, that makes it all better then, I guess... (NOT!!!) It only takes ONE TIME to scar a child for life.
As for saying these children have been disciplined - what kind of discipline did they receive? Was this a case of “playing doctor” and have they now scarred the OTHER kids for life?
As for “increased supervision”? Yeah... that’s NOT going to work. I hope the school contacted social services about this in regards to the children who were behaving inappropriately (and no, I’m not one who casually suggests this sort of drastic action).
You’re dealing with 3 and 4 year-olds here. Depending on the specific sexual activity it could be a HUGE warning sign that the child leading the behavior is being abused.
Like you said though - it’s all speculation until someone talks about what really happened. I just had to say that the principal’s reaction, and the way they brushed it off like it was “no big thing” would make me EXTREMELY uneasy to let my child go back to that school. The victim has no rights in the school systems when this happens - even worse when you have parents of special needs students who are worried because the kids can’t defend themselves, and I’m guessing some couldn’t even communicate that they’d been hurt...
If they don’t explain what happened it’s hard to say anything about it. Little kids have been doing the “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” since time began.
We’re they giving each other Wet Willies?
Liberal teachers foment lack of ethics and morals to ensure future generations of “DemocRAT” voters!
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Becker says the increased supervision will prevent events like this happening in the future.
Wonder what she's been smoking.....
Oh, what a Brave New World we live in.....
Let’s see. Maybe a boy hugged a girl? Maybe, like my son, he called a girl a princess. Maybe it was natural curiosity about their bodies. In any case I can guarantee it’s complete over reaction by the school.
When I was 5 I learned what a male organ looked like (I had no brothers) because 2-1/2 year old little Tony from down the street would pull his out when ever and where ever he had “go”.
What this article fails to state is if this is normal preschool curiosity hyperbolized, or if it goes beyond this.
I’d bet that little Tony would be labeled a sexual deviant for taking a leak.
I was born in Slayton Tx.
not much to do up there.
Maybe some child was abused and that is why a sex act was occurring among preschoolers.
It could also be a child inappropriately sexualized by their parent having sex (with the other parent or a string of men) in front of the child. If the parent is drunk or just thinks the kid is asleep or whatever. Kids should not be sexualized in that way either.
“Sexual behavior on the playground” was reason enough for us to decide to homeschool. Haven’t looked back since and have urged many friends to follow.