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School drops sexual harrassment claim/charge
Yelton's mother, Jennifer Saunders, said her son had an "innocent crush" on the girl and kissed her on the hand during a reading group.
But the mother of the girl, Jade Masters-Ownbey, said that Hunter had tried to kiss her daughter "over and over" without her permission, and that she supported the suspension.
"Not once, but over and over," Masters-Ownbey wrote on Facebook. "Not with her permission but sneaking up on her."
"I've had to coach her about what to do when you don't want someone touching you," she told the Canon City Daily Record. "But they won't stop."
Hunter already had received an in-school suspension for kissing the same girl.
Saunders said she understood the most recent suspension, but that the sexual harassment label was unwarranted.
Quote by Nikki703
I have read several accounts of this story from several different sources and I have not found one where it says the girl had a problem with it or said stop or No. The school had a problem with it and after it became known her parents had a problem with it. But I have read where they considered themselves BF and GF.
I still agree the boy should be disciplined and taught that this behavior is wrong and school rules need to be obeyed. Having sexual harassment on his record is just crazy. If after all this it continues then maybe. But this seems like a case of blowing an innocent act totally out of proportion.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colorado-year-suspended-kissing-girl-21161245
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/living/6-year-old-suspended-kissing-girl/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/6-year-old-colo-boy-suspended-for-kissing-girl/
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In the articles I read, the only people saying that the girl was fine with it was the little boy and his mother, there are accounts that say the little girl complained about him and didn't want him to do it. Of course the little boy's mother is going to say the girl was ok with it, she's trying to protect her son. The mother needs to teach her son that you are not boyfriend and girlfriend just because you have a crush on someone, especially if they don't like you back and don't want you to touch them.
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Whrere? Id like to read those.
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I find it odd that some of you think this is the genesis of being a gentleman and not the complete opposite.
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Whrere? Id like to read those.
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They're everywhere.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_24702103/mother-girl-involved-kissing-discipline-speaks-out
In this one, the little girl's mother speaks out and says she repeatedly told him to stop.
Even in the one where they drop the title from him, it says his advances were unwelcome
http://news.yahoo.com/boy-girl-kiss-suspension-144115689.html
Instead of admitting her son did something wrong, the boy's mother says that the little girl liked him back and they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Unless she changes her attitude, she's going to be saying the same thing at his harassment or worse trials when he gets older, she's not teaching him anything about boundaries, she's basically saying the girl wanted it when clearly she didn't.
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OK, now lets see if I understand this all.
The boys mother says he kissed her cheek, was told it was wrong and then he kisses her hand and gets suspended. The boys mom says they considered themselves BF and GF. So she is just defending her son.
The girls mom says it has happened over and over and over and the girl said NO. She even had to have her older brother protect her. This mom is speaking the truth, not protecting her daughter.
The school only speaks of the 2 incidents. Suspends the boy. After all the backlash from the public drops the sexual harassment charges.
Did the girls mom tell the school about it after the 2nd kiss? The 5th? The 50th? Did the school wait too long to react? Since the girls mom says the school is doing a great job of protecting her daughter, I have to believe the school suspended him as soon as she complained. So why didnt she tell the school earlier if it had been happening for so long? So who is telling the actual truth here?