Couple Charged With Having Intercourse In Front of 9-Year-Old Daughter to Teach Her About Sex

Fox News ^ | 10 Feb 07 | AP

[stm]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Woonsocket mother and her boyfriend are headed to trial on charges they had intercourse in front of the woman's 9-year-old daughter as a way to teach the girl about sex.

[DungeonMaster]

Who in the world wants a 9 year old to know about sex?

[lowbridge]

Many years of visiting FR tells me that a serious discussion of this sort of story is impossible. Nothing new in this thread to indicate otherwise.

We're sorry, Mrs. Cleaver, and gee you look lovely today.

[EternalVigilance]

There once was a pair from Woonsocket
Who both had a conscience but hocked it
So, for a nine year-old kid
Did what is usually hid
Now they're both where they belong, in the docket

[driftdiver]

Homeschooling has nothing to do with garbage behavior like this.

[bk1000]

Well, in one sense, I can see how a demonstration of a loving couple in the act could be better than the sordid things one learns on one's own. On the other hand I think watching one's parents having sex, let alone being forced to watch it could do serious damage. If the intent of the parents was purely educational it MIGHT be viewed as non criminal, but I think even if the thought was sincere, the bad here for the child likely outweighs the good.

[zarf]

Many years of visiting FR tells me that a serious discussion of this sort of story is impossible.

Tell us, what sort of serious discussion can be had about this idiocy?

[lilylangtree]

OMG!

[Enterprise]

"Who in the world wants a 9 year old to know about sex?"

Clowns like this.

[M Kehoe]

To: zarf

Go stand in the corner.

8 posted on 02/10/2007 11:05:15 AM PST by don-o

Are you standing in the corner yet? LOL.

5.56mm

[Enterprise]

In this instance, as you have read, it was a woman and her boyfriend. I can't help being suspicious that he would approach the girl at some point in the future, and the mother would not disapprove. Or in time, there would be a different boyfriend, and the mother would be having sex with the new boyfriend in front of the daughter.

[pandoraou812]

I don't know.....but its not the first time I have read about it over the years. I sure wouldn't want my child knowing about it but....you have some 9 year old girls getting their periods so I guess sometimes you need to TALK to your child about sex earlier then I would like to. NEVER could I imagine showing a child about sex....Telling them is fine by me and at the age I think they are ready to learn about it.

[msnimje]

Trying to stretch my disbelief long enough to ASSUME this a valid idea, there is no way watching one's own mother engage in this sort of behavior is a good idea.

I bet a dollar this guy is a child molester who talked the mother into this and the next step was going to be "teach" the child directly about sex.

[saganite]

Some news stories were never meant for serious discussion. Besides, everyone needs a little comic relief every now and then.

[itsamelman]

[vietvet67]

A reference to Leave it to Beaver on this thread? LOL

[Robert Lomax]

She'd be teaching/showing them how to masterbate!

[Publius6961]

Tell us, what sort of serious discussion can be had about this idiocy?

Idiocy and ignorance should never be examined.
I stand corrected.

Have a nice day.

[Riverman94610]

The poor girl is now probably frightened to death of sex and will feel a deep revulsion toward both her parents,and deservedly so.

[exit82]

You would think that the mother would have more sense. Even if not, the boyfriend should have known that this is wrong. This tells me both the mother and the boyfriend wanted this for their own selfish and demented reasons.

Since the man exposed himself to the child, there are grounds for charges right there. The mother placed her daughter in a situation where the daughter was unsafe with a naked man close to her. The potential for harm to the child far outweighed any so-called educational benefit to the child.

People who do this are not stupid or naive--they are doing it for their own selfish reasons, and now, trying to hide it under the banner of "Education".

This is depraved behavior.

[Enterprise]

And at age 4!