11 Dec
BELLMEAD- A four-year-old hugged his teachers aide and was put into in-school suspension, according to the father. But La Vega school administrators have a different story.
Damarcus Blackwell’s four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee.
The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated “inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment.”
If that teachers aide, or the principal of La Vega Primary School, seriously and honestly interpreted what that little boy did as “sexual contact and/or sexual harassment”…maybe they’re the ones who need to be put on some sort of in-school suspension.
Because you know, it takes a pretty sick adult to chalk up a little kid’s demonstration of affection as sexual. That would be more concerning to me than anything the child did.
Stupid people really piss me off…and it is truly frightening they’re allowed to wander around unchecked in society.
4 Responses for "Better Watch Out For Those 4-Year Old Sexual Predators"
Hmm… I’m gonna have to disagree with you on this one. I think if the kid is rubbing his face in his teacher’s boobs, there is a good chance he sees this behaviour at home and mimics it without realizing that it’s inappropriate for him to be doing this to anyone, much less his teacher.
This might be long, just to warn you in advance.
So, I have this cousin who is about ten years younger than me. When he was a kid… five or six… he would grab at boobs. My sister and I were in our teens and already self-conscious so we got wiggy about it and figured it was *our* problem (bodies changing, boobs getting huge, etc.)
Then he started trying to lift our tops. We told our mom about it and she told our aunt and they all kind of just blew it off like it was a natural thing. Like he was just curious or something. Mmmkay.
So then we end up having to spend the night at this aunt’s house… and we hear, very loudly, my aunt and uncle having sex in the next room. The wall their bed was on was the wall the kid’s bed was on in the next room… and the damn thing was MOVING, they were going at it so hard.
We laid there, horrified, until someone suggested that my older brother go close the bedroom door… which is when he discovered that my aunt and uncle hadn’t bothered to close their door… and apparently, they never once considered it might be good to close their door or keep their “adult activities” private and away from the kids.
Still, the boobing grabbing and top lifting went on. UNTIL, another aunt was baby-sitting and found this cousin ON TOP of his sister, wigglying around and rubbing his face on her chest.
There was a big blow-up in the family. Other smaller cousins came forward and said that this cousin would tell them to get naked while he wiggled on top of them. It was really really gross and there’s just way too much to get into.
So. Yeah. I think if this kid is doing stuff like this with his teacher, it’s very possible that he’s seeing this behaviour *or worse* at home and SOMEONE needs to step in and make sure the parents aren’t doing things they shouldn’t be doing in front of him… this kid could end up really fucked up later in life.
Um… I have to counter some of what Betty said. First and foremost, the account does not fully explain what occured. The kid’s dad is saying that the kid hugged the aide, the aide is claiming the kid rubbed his face in her boobs. In my kids preschool there are always more than one teacher/aide helping with pick up and drop off at all doors, whether for the bus, car pool, or single pick ups. What are the accounts of the other adults there? I have a just turned 5 and a 3 1/2 year old. When I bend down to hug them, they do occasionally wind up in the boob area if they are looking up at the time. But I have never once construted the fact that they did not immediately break off the hug as being sexual in nature. I think the administrators of this school are being ridiculous. If there was concern, at most they should have called a parent/teacher/principle meeting to discuss the issue. What is the world coming to when 4 year olds are being accused of sexual misconduct and stupid airport officials pack up their christmas trees and go home instead of putting up jewish holiday symbols? How can our children remain innocent when they are not only subjected to sexual predators but are now being accused of being one at the age of 4? To just assume that the are parents are to blame, go on a witch hunt, and crucify the people is total bullsh*t. Could there be something going on the family? Sure, but that’s why a meeting should have been called not an immediate trip to in school detention. For all we know, this kid could come from a family that is open about expressing their feelings. Where a hug is just another way to say I love you. My kids school actually base part of their curriculum on love and logic. I think this school should adopt some of that.
It’s interesting how life experiences alter people’s perceptions…your experience swayed you in one direction…and mine sent me the other way.
I’ve had kids push me in crowded places…and hands have gone to places I didn’t particularly care for, but it never dawned on me to alert the authorities.
I was happy though, to read the “charge” was changed to “inappropriate physical conduct”…because even if a 4-year old’s actions are influenced by a certain sexual environment…that doesn’t mean the child acted with sexual intent.
The only thing I have to say is…Good Gawd! The kid is only 4 years old!!! Give me a break!