Thankfully someone had sense enough to put things back into perspective, but how did it ever get to this point in the first place? How could a six year old be labelled with a term that could potentially follow him for the rest of his life? Crazy.
A six year old boy who goes to school in Denver, Colorado was suspended last week (the suspension has now been lifted), not because he hurt somebody, was disruptive or was causing big problems for his teacher, but because he kissed the hand of a fellow student during reading time. The school claims the kiss was "sexual harassment."
What? Where do you start with something like this? We're talking about a six year old. Six, not 26. How could he even know what the term sexual harassment means let alone perpetrate it? What rational adult could even think he was capable? School rules are necessary, but isn't this carrying things a tad too far?
In the awake of it all, the boy's mother told a news crew she believed school officials were over-reacting and I completely have to agree. She was shocked when the school's principal used the term "sexual harassment," and who wouldn't be? Now her son is asking her repeatedly, "what's sex mommy?"
Reportedly, the little guy (Hunter) has been reprimanded in the past for kissing the same little girl. He says he has a crush on her and the feeling is mutual. Who can't relate to that? We're talking about two innocent and unsuspecting kids here. When interviewed Hunter said quite simply, "I like a girl and she likes me back. It was during class... We were doing reading group and I leaned over and kissed her on the hand. That's what happened.."
An innocent peck on the hand at school and now we have news crews, psychologists and school big wigs getting involved? Ridiculous.
Kids will be kids and having crushes and doing silly things will always be a part of that. I get that times are changing and as the school's psychologist says "school boards are being forced to develop strict policies and follow them to the letter..." but seriously, throw a little common sense into the equation and lighten up a bit when called for. It's a grade one class, not a reform school for the wayward.
