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."
Blackwell says it's ridiculous that the aide would misread a hug from a four-year-old. Blackwell wrote to administrators demanding that the whole incident be expunged from his son's academic file because his son is too young to know what it means to act sexually.
*scratches head*
Just wondering what kind of hate monger teachers aid freak they have working at that school??
Who gave her the job interview?? They should be fired along with the wack job aid.
Sheessshh!
This is beyond dispicable! Even IF this poor little boy has been expossed to inapropriate sexual behavior and/or p 0 r n, there's no way he can understand what all that really means! I've known children at 8 and 9 years of age who were sexually molested and although THEY had a better understanding about sex than a 4 year old - these 8 and 9 yr. old children STILL had no *complete* understanding about sex. Not to mention sex was more confussing that ever because it was introduced in an unhealthy way at such a young age!
Even IF this sorry exuse for a person teachers aid was hugged in a "sexual" manner by this 4 year old, it should have been an automatic red flag to dig into his family life and find the appropriate ways of questioning his family to see if this little boy was being abused! And if they turned up evidence that this kid was indeed being sexually assualted himself then not only should propper action be taken to protect this little boy but it should have been understood (by any human being with a brain) that this 4 yr. old didn't understand the "meaning" of this hug (so to speak) but that he would have just been mimicking and acting out what MAY have been shown to him. That doesn't mean he understands it because there's no way he would.
One last thing. If this aid was so offended by this innocent hug then this could show a sign that maybe something happend to HER and that she needs to seek counciling for her own personal problems and leave this kid out of it.
There's SO much more I could say about how kids that age just naturally and innocently become more aware of things around them. INCLUDING not only their own bodies by the bodies of others around them. He probably DID rub his face in the chest of that aid. It doesn't mean he's a pervert! I have two kids. They've both been through the four year old stage. Let's face it. Women have more up there to "cuddle" then men do. It's just a fact of life! It was probably cushy to him. LOL! I've had little boys do that to me. And I don't have all that much cushin up there. LOL! It DOES take you off guard at first but you quickly remember that it's pretty much a form of security to them in a sence because it probably just reminds them of being held close by their mother. It NOT anything sexual!
This aid clearly needs therapy!
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 8, 2006 04:08 PMchildren at 3 all dream to have sex with parents of the opposite sex, and express such desire. So I don't think that the problem is that kids do not know what sex is and sexual offense is. There is no question that kids do not know completely what sex is, that they do not know what they are doing in general when they do things that are wrong and forbidden, however they often do know that those things are forbiden, and do it purposively, they test limits.
IT's just that an adult should be able to cope with this without feeling threatened. It should be able to tell a 4 year old not to do this. I mean 4 year old also show their genitals, 4 year olds also mimick sexual acts on other 4 year olds ... ANd adults and parents should be able to cope with that without looking for help by the police.
I don't know if the boy did it in a perverse manner, but even if it had, I don't understand why a teacher can't cope with it. It's a child. Children need to be taught right from wrong, and need to face parents and adults who can enforce right or wrong without external help.
What's next, call the cops each time your kid does something wrong at home ? People are that powerless against children ?