I rarely post about current events or anything that is in the news. However, this one was too tempting.
From CNN: "First-grader suspended for sex harassment"
BROCKTON, Massachusetts. (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy is getting a lesson on the meaning of sexual harassment long before he'll be able to spell it...
There have been similar cases. In 1996, a New York second-grader was suspended for kissing a girl and ripping a button off her skirt -- an idea the boy said he got from his favorite book "Corduroy," about a bear with a missing button. Earlier that year, a Lexington, North Carolina, 6-year-old was separated from his class after kissing a classmate on the cheek.
So...I should remember to teach Luke that he may never, under any circumstances, no matter how much he wants to, hug or show affection for another child. I understand that children are maturing at rates too fast for past generations to keep up with. I also understand that the "evils" of television, internet, and music are to blame - but could this child have really wanted sex? I say teach the kids to hug.
3 comments:
Zero-tolerance programs replace judgement with rules, and are designed solely to shield organizations from lawsuits.
Darn those lawyers!
These people have no sense
Aunt Mike said...
I read an article in THE BIBLE TODAY MAGAZINE this weekend...Jan/Feb issue..entitled, "What's Biblical about....the Kiss of Peace?".
the last sentence is as follows:
As we continue to extend this sign to one another we offer ourselves to one another and receive each other in hospitality, friendship, and reconciling love, as brothers and sisters bound to one another in Christ, affirming that what we celebrate we will live.
Maybe our little sweetie took his Sunday school lesson to heart!
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