So, the other kid choked him (literally) and could have killed him, but HE'S the one being charged because he kicked the other kid in the groin so he could live. Right... Because that makes perfect sense :roll: http://americanvisionnews.com/500/p...-with-sexual-harassment-for-fending-off-bully
Wow..... I would say I'm shocked, but I'm just not. Sad, somewhat scared, but not shocked. I would sue their pants off.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/260992/20111204/mark-curran-sexual-harassment-bully-testicles.htm From ^ article "my son said, 'I couldn't breathe, so I kicked him in the testicles." That is one articulate 7 year old.
My 5yo uses that word. We taught them the proper names for their parts, and, being boys, they use them all the time. :roll:
Yeah... my 3 year old walks around all the time talking about his scrotum. :lol: Boys are weird. I'm also not too surprised by this. Sad, really.
see, there we go again! "sexual harrassment" is like this great big cloud over our heads. We're so pc that it's stifling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My kdis were practicing for an improv, so one pretends to be a thief, and the other a policeman..he points his forefinger at his brother and says "boom", you're dead... whoooaaahh!! I had to sit them down and explain that they are NEVER to mention guns, killing, knives, swords, outside of the home... My son says: "But mom, I dont get it...its not real, we were just playing"... sigh...
Very sad, but I'm not surprised. Our society is very messed up with regards to right and wrong. Schools are afraid of being sued by parents. Innocent kids are accused of wrong-doing. Parents are tired of their kids being bullied. It's going to take a lot of prayer to fix our world.
I sure hope the mom doesn't back down!!! She ought to consider charging the school for allowing the bullying to take place. A little kid like that kicks out in self-defense. He may or may not have known where the kick was going to connect, but in my mind it doesn't matter. He did what he did to protect himself.
Jackie's comment made me think... Imagine the legal precedent! I took a mini self defense class years ago and the only thing I remember from the class is that if you're being attacked by a man, go for the jewels. No matter how small you are, no matter how large your attacker, it usually works. Now, if I'm being attacked I'm going to do whatever is necessary to get away. Since I'm a wimp, if I get a shot at the groin, my foot's makin' contact! Imagine if the attacker presses sexual harassment charges against me!
Okay, that is what we were taught as kids, if someone attacks you kick them 'where it counts' and run away. He did good in my book, he lived to tell about it.
I'm with Teachermom, I was tought as a kid that the groin is the one place you can hit your attacker no matter how old, young, tall short, skinny or fat they are you are guaranteed a second or two reprieve to escape. The little boy did good, and I applaude him. It's a shame what a society we live in, and everytime I read stuff like this I get scared for ym boys. MomToMuskateers: When I worked at a daycare I got into serious trouble for letting a couple of the kids in my class play cops and robbers. I was pulled into the "principal's office" and asked what part of their play I thought was constructive. I answered that It was a game from my childhood I enjoyed playing, and it lets the children run/play and reenact. I explained that there were no guns involved, and nothing physical (the policeman had to tag the robber to put him into jail, and even that seemed ridiculous to me) and plus...It's FUN!! She explained to me that the game was "horrendously innapropriate" because the child that was playing the "robber" happened to be black. I explained to her that it meant nothing to me, and that she should have stepped in 10 minutes earlier when it was his turn to be a stunning policeman. I was then given a list of innapropriate games (cops and robbers, cowboys and indians) and other similar games that I can't let the kids play. But then again it's ok and I'm encouraged to let them express themselves while playing house and encourage two daddies in a family, two mommies, and even multiple mommies because it's insociety. I ended up leaving the daycare, but it still irks me today. Kids you can't pretend to be cops or indians, or cowboys, but go ahead and express the fact that we can have gay housholds and polygamy. In my opinion everything is so messed up I can't even begin ot explain.
Meg, Vision Forum did an article a good while back (and I couldn't find it, or I'd link it for you!) actually that changed my mind about boys playing "gun games" (for lack of a better term, lol!). I wasn't big on letting Phillip play with guns. But this article says that, when little girls play with dolls, they are pretending at being a Mommy (duh!!!). And we encourge that nurturing in little girls. The article says that, by the same token, when little boys play "gun games" such as you mentioned, they are learning how to be the protector. And this is something that needs to be encouraged just as much. (And not meaning to get into a "gender-appropriate" discussion. I'm OK with boys playing with dolls and girls playing with guns!)