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Post by Rare_Commodity on Jan 22, 2011 18:24:21 GMT -5
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Post by Sapphire on Jan 23, 2011 23:24:48 GMT -5
I just heard about this. Crazyness.
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Post by Bunny Hop on Jan 24, 2011 10:31:47 GMT -5
I think someone needs to be looking at the family and what's going on at home and not placing all the blame on the teacher. In the 2nd grade there is no way I would have known about oral sex if I hadn't seen it at home.
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Post by LejaOMG on Jan 24, 2011 11:20:13 GMT -5
^^ I was actually thinking about this. Did I know what "oral sex" was in 2nd grade? Definitely not. But what if the children didn't view it as sexual, but explorative. Is it farfetched than an 8 year-old could come up with that act without having been abused/exposed to porn? Perhaps not. Especially not when you incorporate that at that age (according to Erikson, Jung and Freud), children (esp. boys) have already discovered their own sex organs, look for ways to increase pleasure, and look for ways to avoid reprimand (i.e. why they would hide in a closet). Then also, if it were a boy getting "performed on" that's a little more normative, given the food-reminiscent phallic shape. Don't get me wrong. I think it's something that needs to be addressed and I understand the need to blame some adult. But I wouldn't be overly surprised if there is no evidence of foul play at all.
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Post by Rare_Commodity on Jan 24, 2011 11:53:13 GMT -5
^^ I was actually thinking about this. Did I know what "oral sex" was in 2nd grade? Definitely not. But what if the children didn't view it as sexual, but explorative. Is it farfetched than an 8 year-old could come up with that act without having been abused/exposed to porn? Perhaps not. Especially not when you incorporate that at that age (according to Erikson, Jung and Freud), children (esp. boys) have already discovered their own sex organs, look for ways to increase pleasure, and look for ways to avoid reprimand (i.e. why they would hide in a closet). Then also, if it were a boy getting "performed on" that's a little more normative, given the food-reminiscent phallic shape. Don't get me wrong. I think it's something that needs to be addressed and I understand the need to blame some adult. But I wouldn't be overly surprised if there is no evidence of foul play at all. ^ That's all fine and I understand that but what if this was your child and you knew that you personally had not exposed them to the acts? Would you think they were going thru a phase or would you think it was more? I am torn I don't have kids but if my child is caught or I get a notice from school about this I'm sorry the liberal me is coming out and she is not nice to play with. |
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Post by LejaOMG on Jan 24, 2011 12:37:55 GMT -5
Like I had said, "don't get me wrong. I think it's something that needs to be addressed."
I don't feel the need to personalize the situation because I don't have children and I'm no longer a teacher. I can totally see why a parent might not be able to discuss it in such a philosophical, disengaged way.
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Post by Rare_Commodity on Jan 24, 2011 12:43:45 GMT -5
Cool
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Post by Bunny Hop on Jan 24, 2011 13:19:37 GMT -5
^ That's all fine and I understand that but what if this was your child and you knew that you personally had not exposed them to the acts? Would you think they were going thru a phase or would you think it was more? I am torn I don't have kids but if my child is caught or I get a notice from school about this I'm sorry the liberal me is coming out and she is not nice to play with. At 28 my Mom is still surprised at how much stuff I knew that she thought I was 100% I was unaware of. Parents think kids know nothing until they get a call like this, LOL. I don't think it's a phase though...I just think they (or just one of them) saw something somewhere and decided to imitate it. They may not have know that it was oral sex and all of that. Either way I still think someone needs to be side eyeing the parents. |
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Post by T-Rex91 on Jan 25, 2011 11:16:08 GMT -5
I think someone needs to be looking at the family and what's going on at home and not placing all the blame on the teacher. In the 2nd grade there is no way I would have known about oral sex if I hadn't seen it at home. ITA! something went wrong in the house, either through personal exposure or what they've been allowed to see in the media. |
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