There’s dumb, and then there’s Texas-size D-U-M-B. The following news item, courtesy of the Associated Press, is an example of the latter:
Texas child suspended after hugging aide
WACO, Texas –School administrators gave a 4-year-old student an in-school suspension for inappropriately touching a teacher’s aide after the pre-kindergartner hugged the woman.
A letter from La Vega school district administrators to the student’s parents said that the boy was involved in “inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment” after he hugged the woman and he “rubbed his face in the chest of (the) female employee” on Nov. 10. [full text]
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i just wonder what is going on with that little boy at home. if a child that young did something that really weirded out a person whose job is to take care of children he might be living with people who don’t respect boundaries. i don’t want to jump to the conclusion that he is being abused, but the school and family need to have a serious talk. either the school standards are really wack or there is a little boy who needs help.
How stupid people are. 4 year olds hug and everybody should.
Touch is our most intimate form of communication.” GH Colt, Readers Digest, Nov 97. “From birth, children must have nurturing: affection, touching, cuddling, hugs and kisses. Parents, grandparents, teachers do this. Children who are rarely touched develop brains 20% to 30% smaller than normal”. Baylor CofM, Time, Feb, 1997. “21 Tricks For Taming Adolescents: #17 Hold them every day.” F Pittman, MD, Psychology Today, May/June 1995. [Free: 1. Our Wonderful Youth 2. Teenage Sexuality © Ken Logan 1997]minifarms@gmail.com