9-Year-Old Boy Sends Love Note: School FREAKS OUT
Robert Gehl
November 12, 2015
A simple love note has landed a Florida fourth-grader in the principal’s office, accused of sexual harassment.
The Hillsborough 9-year-old passed a sweet love note to the girl he has a crush on, but when it was discovered, he was sent to the principal’s office accused of sexual harassment.
“He’s nine!” his mother said. “What little kid doesn’t write love notes?” Mom described the love note:
“How she wears the same uniform and how her eyes sparkled like diamonds.”
But when the other kids found out about the crush, they began teasing the boy, making jokes about how he wanted to see the little girl naked.
Love-noteAll typical fourth-grade stuff, right?
Nope. Not anymore. WPTV reports:
“That’s when the principal proceeded to tell me that it wasn’t appropriate that he was writing the note and that if he writes another note, they are going to file sexual harassment charges on my 9-year-old,” the mom said.
Hillsborough school district said the boy wrote more than one note and that the notes were unwanted, so that borders on harassment.
“It may be something he thought was very sweet and innocent,” said Dr. Valerie McClain, a licensed psychologist in Tampa.
McClain told ABC Action News she doesn’t think this is sexual harassment, but she does encourage parents to talk to their child about boundaries — what is and is not appropriate in a school setting.
“What needs to happen is education needs to be provided about how to relate to this young girl or how to stay away from talking to her, if that’s the goal,” McClain said.
In the meantime, Hillsborough schools said teachers discourage kids from passing notes because it can cause classroom disruptions like this one.
But this mother maintains her son did nothing wrong.
“My 9-year-old doesn’t even know what sexual harassment means,” she said.
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