Now if that child is suddenly exposed to something as far outside the norms they have grown up with as this movie, there is no question it would be disturbing. Done without offering parents an opportunity to object or opt out of their child’s inclusion, it is immoral and illegal.

I expect that substitute teacher will be asked to use more care in the future, and not be penalized at all. Lord knows we should only fire the faculty members who violate our rights.

When I was that age, our mailman gave me a porno magazine(“this makes playboy look like mother goose” he said. I didnt even know what playboy was!) ,he gave my sister a condom and appeared pantless to neighbor girl. Then he spent the next several years in the big house for being an particularly annoying perv.

I write this at 4 in the morning of my empty lonely house:):)

What under heaven does Child Protective Services have to do with this issue?

I think in this case CPS stands for Chicago Public Schools. Or were you channelling Emily Litella?

A 12-year-old is not an adult; not even close. When you take a child out of their comfort level to such an extent where they are viewing romanticized homosexuality and all the adult problems that go with it, it can very easily traumatize a child. Psychological trauma is real. It can cause physical manifestations such as PTSD, shock, depressed mood, anxiety disorder — all recognized psychiatric conditions under the DSM-IV.

There’s a reason for the movie ratings system. It’s to allow the parents to judge whether a 12-year-old or even a 16-year-old is ready to deal with the adult world.

Ms. Buford was wrong in what she did. I have no idea whether this 12-year-old was traumatized. But knowing that it is a possibility leads me to give the parents and the professionals the benefit of the doubt. There are a lot of frivolous lawsuits; they tend to get weeded out by the courts. Some make it to jury trial, but most do not.

So I’d prefer to give the kid a break. If the action happened as alleged, I’d not give the same break to the witless substitute.

a movie that says “cowboys are gay too!”. It’s the adult liberal version of “Everybody poops”.

Shameless plug for Depends Undergarments by the teacher?

Just thinking ya know :-] Consequences of actions!

Just wait till the tykes get to into college. Yikes!

Why do teachers never think they’ll get caught?

Not that they think they won’t get caught, but believe they have absolute impunity under the guise of “diversity”. I am sure she thought anyone who disagreed with the showing of this sad excuse for a film would be labeled a homophobe.

Messages left over the weekend with CPS officials were not immediately returned.

What under heaven does Child Protective Services have to do with this issue? It’s a family vs. school complaint, CPS wouldn’t dare represent against the government school system. Or is someone planning to try and take the girl away from her grandparents?

Anyhoo, yes I’d agree it was silly and inappropriate to show it, but ‘traumatised’? ‘had to undergo psychological treatment and counseling’?

Finding it so hard not to ‘lol’ at that..

And I can’t wait to hear her try to defend her decision to show this… What educational value does it have? I mean, it would have been outrageous even if it was based in reality, but it’s not! The whole purpose of this movie is to push the gay agenda by mainstreaming it in Hollywood with a movie that says “cowboys are gay too!”. It’s the adult liberal version of “Everybody poops”. There is no logical reason to have shown this, and this is yet another in a line of thousands of examples of liberal teachers and professors pushing their BS agendas on students of all ages.