Word: lashonda
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...grader and me. But last week the court ruled that schools are obligated to protect students from aggressive sexual harassment, and suddenly my daughter and I were talking jurisprudence. Our interest in the case of Davis v. Monroe County School Board was sparked by the story of the plaintiff, LaShonda Davis, a fifth-grader who was repeatedly groped and propositioned by a boy in her class...
Parents and schools can guard against harassment by not tolerating it. Give your daughter the strength to say no, loudly--as LaShonda Davis did. And if you have a son who is struggling to understand what is acceptable behavior toward girls, Nan Stein says, run the Mom Test on him. "If you overhear your son talking about girls in a trashy way, remind him, 'That's me you're talking about.' If he thinks it's hilarious to snap a girl's bra, ask him if he would have done it with his mother in the room...
Aurelia and Leroy Davis say their daughter LaShonda entered fifth grade in Forsyth, Ga., an excited, engaged kid. But by December she was telling her parents that a boy in her class was sexually taunting her with touches and comments. The Davises complained, but for the next five months found their concerns brushed aside. LaShonda was forced to sit next to the boy for months despite his lewd comments and his attempts to grab her genitals. The principal responded with a lackluster promise to "threaten him a little harder." LaShonda became withdrawn and depressed, and one night her father found...
...natures suddenly defined as harassment. They cite the case of Jonathan Prevette, the North Carolina six-year-old suspended last year for kissing a classmate. They may have a point. The challenge facing the Supreme Court is to come up with an answer that would save Jonathan without sacrificing LaShonda...
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