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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExperts Question School’s Decision To Suspend 6-Year-Old Boy For ‘Sexual Harassment’ Kiss On Hand
As a result of kissing a fellow student on the hand during class, 6-year-old Hunter Yelton now has a permanent record.
His Colorado school district has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment, which school officials maintain the boy violated with his peck. The boy was suspended from first grade at Lincoln School of Science and Technology in Canon city, Colo. His mother is protesting the schools actions as extreme and not age-appropriate.
The case is gaining national attention through social media, with many suggesting the response is a zero-tolerance policy taken too far. School officials, who are not responding to further media requests, have told local media that the boys buss fits district standards for sexual harassment.
While some education experts say this may technically be true, the assertion lacks proper perspective, especially with a child this young.
Zero tolerance policies in schools have not been shown to work, says Nadine Block, a child psychologist and author of Breaking the Paddle: Ending School Corporal Punishment.
This is just another example of going overboard on rules in schools that need to be more flexible, says Ms. Block, who spent two decades working as an educator in schools. Rather than a rush to punishment, she adds, schools should be looking for ways to teach appropriate behavior instead.
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Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)Lay people on online discussion forums know more than the so-called "experts"!
GladRagDahl
(237 posts)As for whoever named this little kid a "sexual harrasser" -- you can't fix stupid.
1000words
(7,051 posts)The "experts" at DU have told me otherwise.
Initech
(100,060 posts)JI7
(89,244 posts)so sometimes when you just try to talk and tell them to stop as they did with this boy a few times it doesn't work.
because the mother kept enabling him and lied about the girl wanting it.
the other boy stopped after being told to and there was no issue there.
and then this shitty ass mother goes to the fucking media na dputs her son's face on tv .
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Now the 6-year-old kissing wars
(Only on DU)
JI7
(89,244 posts)by those who aren't informed and pushing an agenda. just like CNN's both sides bs.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)the first asshole to go to the press gets the story out there
they simply republish press releases
the reeps have taken advantage of this for years