4 years old accused of improperly touching teacher

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BELLMEAD- A four-year-old hugged his teachers aide and was put into in-school suspension, according to the father. But La Vega school administrators have a different story.

Damarcus Blackwell's four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee.

The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment."

Blackwell says it's ridiculous that the aide would misread a hug from a four-year-old. Blackwell wrote to administrators demanding that the whole incident be expunged from his son's academic file because his son is too young to know what it means to act sexually.

David Davis, the executive director of the Advocacy Center in Waco tends to agree with Blackwell. He says assuming the boy has not had sexual encounters, or been inappropriately exposed to pornography, most four-year-olds are sexually innocent.

Blackwell got a response from the La Vega administration. The sexual references on the discipline referral were removed. But the thing that makes Blackwell most upset is they told him "your request for an apology by the aide and removal of all paperwork regarding this incident is denied." Now the young student's file will refer to the incident as "inappropriate physical contact." And Blackwell says he will continue to fight the district.

La Vega I.S.D. administrators told News Channel 25 they couldn't comment on this case because of student privacy issues.

KXXV-TV News Channel 25 - Central Texas News and Weather for Waco, Temple, Killeen | 4 -year-old Accused of Improperly Touching Teacher
 
Oh COME on!!!! That is going TOOO far!!! An 4 year old has NO sexual comprehension. Even if he saw sexual acts, he wouldnt know what is it and if he tried to copy the sexual behaviors, then it was not intentional and needs therapy. If the school seriously thought the boy was exhibiting sexual acts, they should have had a pychologist see him instead of suspending him!
 
How can they even think a 4 year old boy would think of anything sexually? I mean it probably was just a hug and it's not like that 4 years old would be grabbing the breast or anything like that.

Sure, some kids at that age, unfortunately could have been sexually encountered or inappropriately exposed to pornography but it just leaves me dumbfounded because at 4 years old, it is way too early to be acting sexually or knowing about it.

I'm just saying, most kids are not exposed to that level and yet it's like they went overboard on this. After all, kids does love to show their affections. The kid could have thought innocently and gave the teacher aide a hug which I think is nothing wrong but to be accused of it? That's something else.

I hope the father of that 4 years old child gets what he deserves by getting an apology and having all the paperworks be expunged because this in my opinion is going way too far.
 
OOh Pleaseee..:roll:

My 4 years old son used to do that to me, he don't understand what he have done wrong, I don't go around flip flop about this and yet what the school is doing is soo ridiculous, I can't believe a teacher aide would misread a hug from 4 years old child and thinking it was an act of sexually, they're way to young to understand what is appropriate and what's not, young children usually pick up mixed messages quickly and respond with confusional and they may not be quite sure exactly what they've done wrong etc ..young children are innocent yet very curious when it comes to learning things but they don't exactly understand alot of things and I agree with Joile here that children do love to show their affections....Now this will worry many parents out there and thinking someone might take this the wrong way and go way overboard over a hug that may look like it was sexually act when it really wasn't....Perhaps the schools need to be aware that young children may give their teacher a hug, and it should not be label as sexual behavior period...


I feel really sorry for this 4 years old child and I hope the father will contine fighting and stand up for his son, they both deserves an aplogize from the school and the teacher aide herself...
 
Oh ouch, this is way overboard, as an 4 years old wouldn't understands any thing about sexually etc. Tsk tsk to that Teacher aide, she shouldn't be working with very young kids again, if she's gonna misread other young kids hugs.

I hope this father will fights this, as this 4 years old doesn't need to have anything like that on his school records.
 
Jeez! Now, that's going too far! They shouldn't be suspending kids for something like that. Ugh!
 
A four-year-old are being suspend from school because of sexual contact or sexual harassment is a ridiculous! *shake my head disguist*

That teacher is an unbelievable extreme prude!!! :roll:
 
What the teacher did was very disgustin'. I feel sorry for the little boy. I was wonderin' a BIG IF's supposely if it was a girl, will the teacher object it for sexual harrassment or sexually behavior ? I think not - but, a " boy " ? Unbelievable !

I think it's time for ALL school districts to quit punishin' small children for little things. I think it is all ridiculous. It's okay for small children to have their " love " feelin' by givin' some hugs. A child is learnin' this " hug " from their mother. It's part of the mother's nurturin' for the child since birth.
 
I think the prude teacher aide needs to be suspended!
 
I second that shel90!!...
 
I'm with all the other members here, it is upright stupid to think it is some sexual harassment, a four years old wouldn't know anything about sexual harassment nor sexual contact. A hug is just a hug from the little ones to adults.
 
wow i cant believe.. oh pls!!! i agree with other memebers... ~RME~
 
This boy need to learn not to do that to save himself from future, cuz I knew someone allowed her son to do that when he was younger now he is in big trouble with school for touching girls. He would have arrested for doing that but lucky for him he is at certain age. I remember when my son was 2 he touched someone else breasts, had to scold him no no. So it is parents responsible for teaching their kids not do that before they get older to prevent damaged.
 
jazzy said:
This boy need to learn not to do that to save himself from future, cuz I knew someone allowed her son to do that when he was younger now he is in big trouble with school for touching girls. He would have arrested for doing that but lucky for him he is at certain age. I remember when my son was 2 he touched someone else breasts, had to scold him no no. So it is parents responsible for teaching their kids not do that before they get older to prevent damaged.
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Yeah, but that's not what the article is talkin' about. That article is talkin' about " hug " and there's NO reason to punish that little boy for just givin' a hug. Gee - he didn't touch anythin' sexually. A hug is somethin' that little children like to please their parents or adults, not sex or what ever.
 
CyberRed said:
Yeah, but that's not what the article is talkin' about. That article is talkin' about " hug " and there's NO reason to punish that little boy for just givin' a hug. Gee - he didn't touch anythin' sexually. A hug is somethin' that little children like to please their parents or adults, not sex or what ever.
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To add to this point...the little 4 year old was SUSPENDED on top of that!
 
shel90 said:
Oh COME on!!!! That is going TOOO far!!! An 4 year old has NO sexual comprehension. Even if he saw sexual acts, he wouldnt know what is it and if he tried to copy the sexual behaviors, then it was not intentional and needs therapy. If the school seriously thought the boy was exhibiting sexual acts, they should have had a pychologist see him instead of suspending him!
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I agree with you on this.
 
Maybe the boy learnt that from someone else in his family? I don't think it's HIS fault, he's too young to know what he was doing... but if the matter needs to be addressed they should talk to his parents/guardians and explain that they need to teach him that is wrong. The teacher was just looking for attention or maybe some sexual harassment lawsuit money, I would file a 'suit on the teacher for putting my child through a stressful and embarrassing situation.
 
wow Poor 4 years old boy. I feel sorry for him. I argee with most members.
 
This reminds me of the time they suspended a few little boys for playing cops-&-robbers during recess. Apparently, the school feared that the little boys were promoting use of guns by making the gesture of guns with their fingers while running around. :roll:
 
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