6 Year Old Suspended for Sexual Harassment

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What would you do if this was your son? Would you be enraged at the suspension?

What if you were the parent of the girl that was kissed? Would you be thankful to the school for protecting her?

6-Year-Old Who Kissed Classmate Gets Sexual Harassment Suspension

A 6-year-old Casanova is expected to return to his Colorado school today after getting suspended for kissing a classmate on the hand, according to KRDO.

Hunter Yelton has said the girl he pecked likes him back, but officials at the elementary school in Canon City consider his behavior to be sexual harassment, ABC’s Denver affiliate channel 7 reported.

The romantic overture came as the first graders were in the middle of a reading lesson and Yelton smooched the lass’s hand, according to his recollection.

The gesture was not seen as a sweet expression of affection by officials at Lincoln School of Science and Technology. Yelton was summoned to the principal’s office and his mother was called in for a meeting too.

The lad has previous run-ins with the school’s disciplinary board, the Gazette reported, which played a role in determining the current punishment.

He previously kissed the same girl on the cheek and on another time was reprimanded for rough housing.

Eventually, they decided to teach him a lesson by kicking him out of school for a couple of days.

The boy’s mother considers the punishment to be excessive, according to Fox Nation.

“She was fine with it. They are boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Yelton’s mom Jennifer Saunders, KROO. “Now my son is asking questions… what is sex mommy? That should not ever be said, sex. Not in a sentence with a six year old.”

6-Year-Old Who Kissed Classmate Gets Sexual Harassment Suspension

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I am not sure if sending the child home would help him understand why he shouldn’t kiss another child. We often see young children trying to be affectionate at school. We always tell them “we don’t kiss friend at school.”
If this was my son, I will sit will him and explain him why we can’t kiss friends. I would strongly oppose this suspension. I would like to know what methods teachers and school has taken to help children understand why we don’t kiss other children or adults at school. Maybe if it is happening too often, it is important for the school to have a safe touch conversation with all the children.

If it was my daughter, I will teach her what is appropriate gesture and what isn’t. What she can do to let the person know that it is not okay to kiss her …"please, don’t kiss me, I don’t like it."She should inform us and teachers know of the incident. If it continues to happen, she should tell us and her teachers.

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I think sexual harassment label.is a bit too string for a peck. I think the school should maybe implement a student teacher session on appropriate behavior. They can invite parents and just go over the rules without singling out one student. The parents would obviously have a talk with a child and so that he understand what his mistake was. Nowadays I really do think that schools should discuss appropriate behavior because and rules should be implenented.

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My daughter’s school has a rule of private space and no one is allowed to get into that space. That does not require any physical touch to be in violation. A boy in her class got a ticket because teacher saw him bringing his face too close to my daughter when taking to her.

About the above mentioned case in Op, school should’ve reprimanded the boy the first time, although for the repeated offense, the punishment seems ok. But I won’t can it sexual harassment.

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if sexual feelings are NOT involved, how can it be a sexual harassment? six year olds don’t have sexual desires. they are simply kids and doing simple kids stuff. i don’t see anything to panic about. let them be kids.

authorities have undoubtedly far too seriously.

what they should have done instead is, i think, the teacher should have lovingly and politely told the boy that kissing is not allowed in school and that he should not kiss anyone in school…the boy needed repeated reminders but surely not to be expelled.

boy’s parents should have been called in the Principal’s office and told him abut the incident and asked them to teach their son in their home-setting about the school rules and regulations about getting physical/coming too close with/to other kids in his class or in the school.

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Children just imitate what they see around them.

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what’s the point?

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It is not the child who is to be blamed and punished here if it actually is “sexual harassment”.

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Much ado about nothing …no?

If I were the parent of the boy, I would he amazed at the charge and disciplinary action taken.

If I were the girl’s parent.. I wouldnt think it a big deal. If my Danglerghter didn’t like it…I would tell the teacher and she could put an end to it byeexplaining nicely that it’s.not something he should do.

But to suspend and call it sexual harrassment. Idiotic. Thanks for making an innocent 6 yr old aware if a term he shouldn’t have to he aware.if at that age. :rolleyes:

Or are children in America not as.innocent as.kids.elsewhere???

Honestly sometimes I feel…all these laws and rules etc are making life harder to live in America… Can’t do this, can’t do that, can’t look at.someone like this, can’t talk to someone like that… It’s overkill!
Soon… Humans won’t know how to interact with each other without crossing some kinda boundary that’s been declared wrong in some kinda way…

End result: ppl living in their own selfish bubbles.

I’m sorry.. this newsfeed makes me angry and leaves me wondering just where american society is going?..

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THIS is what I’m talkin about. It’s deranged and in no way normal human bevaiour…especially for a child.

I would understand if it’s teenagers we are talkin bout here… But kids that are 6 or 8

Seriously. Get a grip. (Not you TLK.. I’m talking about the.ones.making the rules).

That’s how scared society is these days… We would be scared of even our shadows if we could..or were told to be…
Making up rules to catch out as many potential issues as possible… Soon ppl won’t know how to just BE anymore.

:rotato:

CTFD amreekans!

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I think there are better ways in dealing with such issues and as some people have pointed out its not sexual harassment.

Kids need to be taught what is okay and what is not. I don’t see it as a serious issue. This is something the parents and teachers should be doing. Nice job there ‘teachers’/

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Americans have become hysterical and hyper-sensitive about issues like sexual harassment to the point of absurdity.

We aren’t told whether the girl he kissed was ok with it or not.
Even if she was offended this should’ve been a simple disciplinary issue.

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actually it helped Khawaa. That boy has a history of touching and poking other kids. At least he does not do it with my daughter anymore.

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I feel bad for the poor kid who will have this label for a while, one he doesn’t properly understand. I feel the school went too far with the “sexual harassment” label. I’m not sure that even suspension is necessary. Sure the child should be disciplined, but more importantly parents and teachers need to discuss and implement a respect for personal space that does not have to be tied with sexuality.

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one word. paranoia. here adults seem to be needing more help than the kids themselves. titling a six years old with sexual harrasment is just so sad.