6-year-old boy suspended from school for kissing student on the cheek

Post by commanderj » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 11:18 AM UTC

Post by ondiekijunior » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

Post by sp332 » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:28 PM UTC

Xdes wrote: post #4

sp332 wrote: post #2

So... no interview with the girl? Glossing over the fact that he's "rough-housed" this same girl before? It sounds like this kid has a pattern of violent unwanted physical advances.

Yeah straight to prison with him.

Post by sp332 » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:35 PM UTC

Xdes wrote: post #6

sp332 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't say prison, or ruining his life or anything. But a suspension seems appropriate. And while a euphemism may be warranted for someone his age, it is technically sexual assault.

Does a 6 year old even understand what sexual assault means?

Post by sp332 » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 1:12 PM UTC

galaktor wrote: post #8

sp332 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enough to know that kissing someone who doesn't want to be kissed is wrong, and rough-housing with someone who doesn't want to be rough-housed with is wrong. It's not complicated...

You're assuming she didn't want to be kissed (we don't have the girl's perspective on this; apparently they're "boyfriend and girlfriend", which I don't think are valid terms with six-year-olds anyway...). Expelling imho is very extreme in this case, there's other ways to communicate to the boy/class that it wasn't appropriate without making a way-to-public statement about it.