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Second-graders stripping naked and having oral sex in the middle of class?
"If the reports are true, there was a serious lapse of judgment or lack of supervision in the classroom," Troy Flint, a spokesman for California's Oakland Unified School District, tells the Associated Press.
Surprisingly, few people disagree.
Children learn basic school rules on the first day of class. No running in the hall. No pushing in the lunch line. No oral sex while the teacher is trying to read "Charlotte's Web."
Yet, a second grader at Markham Elementary School in Oakland told school officials she saw some of her classmates doing a lot more than sitting in a tree and K-I-S-S-I-N-G. The 7-year-old girl spoke of two incidents, ABC News reports, one that included some of her classmates stripping and another where two kids allegedly had oral sex.
The network reports school officials and police officers are investigating the charges.
School Principal Pam Booker sent a letter to parents and staff last week, informing them of "a disturbing event which, according to initial findings, took place at Markham Elementary recently."
Booker added that the teacher is on administrative leave and will not be returning to class while the investigation is under way.
Reports conflict on whether the teacher was in the room when the alleged incident took place. The grandmother of the girl who reported the incident tells ABC New she doesn't think the teacher was present, but school officials tell the network they're not so sure.
Regardless, parent Nikki Turner tells ABC News, "the teacher should have paid more attention to what's going on."
Allen Saunders, who has a nephew in the class, blames the parents for the children's alleged behavior.
"They learn that at home," he tells the network. "They don't teach that at school."
Pediatrician and child abuse expert Dr. Jim Crawford tells ABC News what people should be most concerned about is the children themselves.
"My concern would be maybe something happened to one or more of the kids involved and that they're responding in this type of behavior because of what happened to them," he tells ABC News.
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 3)
3-23-2011 @ 4:52PM
Sweet Pea said...When I worked as a counselor with preschoolers who had emotional and behavioral problems, I overheard a little boy trying to convince another little boy to give him oral sex. The boy was five. It turns out that he commonly did this with a FOUR-year old little girl near his apartment building. The little girl had been abused sexually and taught the five-year old boy about oral sex. Needless to say, I was very distraught over this.
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3-25-2011 @ 4:25AM
blazecal said...Ummm.... I hate to be the one to tell you this, but sex is a pretty automatic thing for humans to do -- even oral sex. If you leave little kids alone long enough, they will start to experiment with what feels good. I'm not saying it's right, but it happens. I've heard of it happening before and it had nothing to do with a terrible home life, etc. Just lack of supervision.
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3-28-2011 @ 5:43PM
N. DiMattia said...Finally some common sense. Believe me I have four children, and no one wants to think of their children (or parents) and sex in the same sentence, but humans are sexual beings. They will and do find what feels good. If no one is there to make them feel ashamed, they won't.
It can't be called sex at that age. it tickles. People, Please, it may indicate abuse it also may just be kids being human! If one doesn't remember being 7 and discovering what felt good someone's in denial!
7-26-2011 @ 12:48PM
Jen said...But this didn't happen where kids were "playing doctor" somewhere -- this happened in a classroom in front of other kids. That's a BIG difference and indicative of a problem.
3-28-2011 @ 10:56AM
danny said...We might better check on the sexual orientation of the teacher and whether or not this was encouraged by the teacher. With the liberal attitudes of the current force of teachers, it would not surprise me if the teacher was not directly involved with the actions of these students.
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4-09-2011 @ 4:39PM
Judy Chandler said...Check on the sexual orientation of the teacher? Are you insane? What does that have to do with this? The teacher had nothing to do with this...except a lack of control in the classroom. Maybe not being in there. THAT should be investigated....but you are implying that the teacher either taught them that, or condoned it. You ARE insane! Children learn this at home...not at school.
4-27-2011 @ 9:27AM
Chris said...What does the sexual orientation of the teacher have to do with this situation? Being homosexual, heterosexual, asexual, or any other particular sexual orientation, is not correlated in anyway to child abuse.
3-29-2011 @ 10:43AM
Angiebaby said...I'm very suspect. The 7-year-old reported it, said several classmates were involved, said it happened a few times but she didn't know if the teacher was in the room any of the times? None of the kids involved told anybody? The teacher didn't know about it? Or the teacher knew about it and did not address it? The parents or grandparents should make the kid name names, and then their side of the story should be told.
I have to be honest here. I think the 7-year-old has somehow been exposed to oral sex, but not at school. She's seen it, or worse. This concerns me.
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3-29-2011 @ 3:59PM
critic01 said...mzpebz93 said...
No 7 or 8 year old should know what oral sex is. So something is
obviously go on at home.
Alicia said...
Okay, I'm all for honesty with your kids, but I don't even want to
think about how kids learned that that young. Im not saying this is right or anything.... but im tired of people
like them saying stuff.. like.. young kids shouldnt know about this
stuff and so it must be because of abuse... oral sex isn't something you really necessarily need to learn about or be abused of to know about .... it can just be someone getting someone else to do the oral sex...you dont necessarily have to be told about it in order to discover it...... how do you think oral sex was
originally discovered?
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3-30-2011 @ 1:17PM
orangee said...Yes, I do agree with what he says here. Really, what are these kids seeing? Parents really need to be on board with their kids and stop acting surprised when they play out what they know. They really don't need to see the whole exhibit but to know that you do not let anyone touch you and be conservative, don't strip down for anyone...They don't need to see the movie to understand where privates go, telling them no one touches you etc should do it if you could relate to talking with your child. If you can't keep trying, they're your kids you need to figure out the best way to get the message across or you will pay the consequences.
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"My concern would be maybe something happened to one or more of the kids involved and that they're responding in this type of behavior because of what happened to them,"
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3-31-2011 @ 1:59AM
scradycat41 said...It does not mean children where abused. They could have seen a movie or a magazine. When I was 10 I knew a few kids that where doing more then just oral sex. they where having intercourse. I think 2 of the girls had babies too. They where 12 I think. You can't blame the
parents and the teacher for everything that goes wrong with their
children. They do have friends with older brothers and sisters.
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4-02-2011 @ 12:22PM
Mihalis said...I do not understand the shock that people seem to show when they read this or similar news. Believe it or not, in our day an age NOT talking about things, not educating children about their bodies or sex is what actualy causes this behaviour. The world exposes children to large doses of sexuality (wich is more often then not is actualy a horribly distorted image of sexuality or self image). The information is out there. It is the parents duty to help their children actualy handle the information. We cannot keep children ignorant, and need to help them understand their world. As much as we might hate that world. This way we can avoid such things from occuring.
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4-09-2011 @ 11:07AM
a241440 said...There seems to be an awful like of stories on this website where the general theme intermingles the topic of sex and children. I'm guessing the staff of this website is rife with closet or latent paedophiles.
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4-11-2011 @ 5:37PM
lisa said...the teacher just made a fortune on this video,do not be a fool!!!
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4-18-2011 @ 8:55AM
Bobby_Dee said...What's obvious but unmentioned in the article is that these kids are being raised by homosexual couples. I wouldn't be surprised if the kids are made to watch their "parents" do it, so someone should definitely get CPS involved.
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4-19-2011 @ 3:34PM
OCI said...HEY GUYS LOL LOL LOL IT'S JUST SEX YOU ALL MUST BE AFRAID OF SEX AND PRUDES FOR SAYING ANYTHING AGAINST IT LOL LOL OL PRUDES PRUDES PRUDES LOL OLOL ALL YOU RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN CRAZIES LOLOLOLOLOL EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S BODY IT'S NATURAL LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL STOP HIDING IT FROM ALL OF US LOLOLOL I BET EVERYBODY HERE IS ASHAMED OF THEIR BODY THAT'S WHY THEY'RE POSTING BECAUSE THEY'RE ASHAMED LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YOU STUPID JUDEO CHRISTIANS RUINING AMERICA LOLOLOLOL REAL SEX IS ONLY DONE BY ALL AGES CROSSING GENDERS AND SPECIES AND FORMS OF MATTER AND BY PEOPLE WHO ARE OK WITH EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE SEEING THEM NUDE FREE OUR CHILDREN LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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4-21-2011 @ 9:23PM
elaine said...This is totally disgusting!!!!! Unbelievable................What is this world coming too???? Obviously it is not too good!!!!!
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4-21-2011 @ 9:26PM
what? said...whaaaaaaat?????
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4-22-2011 @ 2:34PM
neysa southwroth said...Reason # 16,154,985 of Why we Homeschool. I swear, the next step is moving to the mountains in Ecuador, this is getting insane.
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4-29-2011 @ 11:10AM
IA gal said...DO NOT ASSUME
I'd ask where the teacher was but ultimately many of you are assuming the parents should be checked out and children removed from their home.
I agree with other posts that the children's experiences must be investigated.
I knew what oral sex was (didn't know it was called that) by the time I was 3. How did i know this? I was sexually abused by the son of family friends from age 2-5. He was 14. Is this disgusting? Absolutely! My parents were never aware of it and didn't suspect anything. I didn't tell them until I was nearly 20 years old. They gave me a wonderful life, were very loving and were devastated to learn what had happened to me. I assured them it wasn't their fault.
A neighbor boy and I participated in this 'play' when we were 6 - only 1 time. Is this normal? Absolutely not - but it was something I 'learned' was apparently acceptable. I learned shortly after that this behavior was not normal.
So before you jump to conclusions, I ask that you be aware of signs in your own children and always be alert.
Yes - I wonder where the teacher was - but things can happen quickly and it may have been in a 'reading' corner like we had when i was in school. Who knows?
First priority should be taking care of those children and finding out what led them to this behavior.
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