6-Year-Old Boy Is Suspended From School After Giving Classmate A Kiss On The Hand

Did this child go too far or was it simply harmless puppy love?

Back in 2013, you may have heard of Hunter Yelton, the 6-year-old from Colorado Springs who made headlines when he was accused of sexual harassment (yeah, you read that one correctly).

Here’s the back story…

The child had been distracting in class throughout the year. According to his mother, Jennifer Saunders, the family has been working with him on “class disruptions” by grounding him and giving him “big restrictions.”

Leading up to this incident, Hunter had recently gotten a ‘girlfriend.’ According to Hunter, he had previously kissed this girl on the cheek and on this occasion, kissed her on the hand too.

For school officials, this behavior was the final straw.

“Our main interest in this is having the behavior stop because the story is not just about the student that was disciplined, it is also about the student receiving the unwanted advances,” Robin Gooldy, the superintendent of Cañon City Schools told HLN. “We have to think about both students in the situation.”

However, Mom was pissed that her child was named for carrying out such ludicrous accusations saying, “this is taking it to an extreme that doesn’t need to be met with a 6-year-old. Now my son’s asking questions, ‘What is sex, mommy?'”

And most parents will agree that 6-years-old is much too soon to be given the dreaded “talk.”

What do you make of this story? Was the school’s zero-tolerance policy too strict or were they simply looking out for the little girl? Likewise, is our culture teaching our children about relationships at too early of an age? After all, we think Kindergarten-aged puppy love is adorable, but should children this young have boyfriends and girlfriends?

[Featured Image: Good Morning America]

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