Previous to the rape, he did believe he wanted her, in the way teenage boys and girls can have actual crushes on grown men and women. when those GROWN ASS men and women then proposition them, or make moves on them, that changes really quick. Do you really not know this? How is that possible? Kids think they want all…

i think professionalss need to establish firm and permanent boundaries

My son would be in trouble with me for hitting on a teacher. That’s just inappropriate and shows a lack of poor judgement. If it was somehow a mutual thing between them it would be more complicated. The teacher however should have the maturity and self discipline though not to pursue it. I would also be doing…

Um, fuck you. Our next door neighbor, a woman in her late 30s, had sex with my younger brother when he was 15. I was 16 at the time and the culture was WAY different. My older brother congratulated him for it, but my sister and I asked him if he was OK. He said he was. Guess what? He wasn’t. He had been her kids’…

I’m also the mother of two sons, and one of them had a teacher that continually pushed the boundaries with him. I kept a close eye on that relationship. After he graduated she asked him out for coffee, and I’m happy to report he did not go.

I’m the mother of two boys. If they’re in high school and a teacher propositions them and I find out I’m going straight to the police. It’s not just about the age difference. There’s also a real power imbalance.