Yesterday, I made mention of a Yahoo! article that told the story of six year old Hunter Yelton, who'd been suspended for kissing a female classmate on the hand, then branded a sex offender by his school district.
Well, as you might've figured, the district in Colorado backpedaled yesterday, and reinstated Hunter, reducing his offense to that of simple misconduct. Unfortunately, a woman who says her daughter is the object of Hunter's affection went on social media and claimed that it is sexual harassment after all.
Now, it becomes a case of he said, she said. The worst case scenario I can see out of all this is a dramatization of the events airing inside of a year or two from now on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, assuming the series will stick around that long.
Back to the story. The mother claims Hunter's been sneaking up on her daughter repeatedly, and has been reported by other students. As noted before, he'd served a previous suspension for an unrelated offense. But what's a boy to do when he feels the first pangs of puppy love at such a young age? I get that this mom is trying to protect her daughter, but what if her little girl really does like Hunter, like he says she does? Then mommy is going a wee bit too far.
Actually, this calls for Linda Ellerbee to revive Nick News on Nickelodeon to address this matter. There are lessons to be learned after all.
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