Hi Yall.

We recently had PTC and while there my sons teacher told me another students mom was irate about a situation that occurred during recess.

Apparently 3 boys my son included was having a dance battle and they did a “pelvic thrust” during the dance. A little girl was near by and apparently felt uncomfortable and told her mother that they was doing it to her. The teacher said she’s seen these particular boys dance like this before (no idea where they got it from) but she didn’t find it inappropriate to even mention it to me or to the boys. I guess this has been going on for a while now.

Anyways, the little girls mom threatened to go over the teachers head to demand a sit down with the principals, all 3 moms of the boys, the boys, her daughter, the police, and possibly the board of education. Now, I’m a mama to a little girl as well, and I’d be upset if a child was being inappropriate with her as well. But boys dancing by themselves not with this child… it seems a bit out there if I do say so myself! She’s wanting these boys to get a record already for dancing? If it was so inappropriate why didn’t the teacher address it when she seen it?

My son was at the meeting when we spoke about it. He was hurt because he said he doesn’t play with any girls at recess, only his two male friends. He also said he was embarrassed because he’d never do anything inappropriate to hurt a little girl or to make her intentionally upset. This made him cry. He said “can we go now. This is so embarrassing… I would never hurt a girl mom, and would never do that to a little girl.” These kid are 2nd grade. 7-8 years old… I think it’s a bit ridiculous to be pushing for this huge meeting.

We did speak about it at home as well, and let him know how important it is to be appropriate at school whether he’s dancing or not. He doesn’t know who he’ll make uncomfortable. We also spoke about how some people can be triggered if they was hurt in the past by someone they knew and that this could have made this particular child triggered by her past experiences.

I’m a mama to a little girl. If a boy was being inappropriate, I’d be upset as well, and would definitely address it! But police and board of education? Come on now…