Twinbrook elementary rape allegation

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are way off topic now. SMH

Agreed. The topic is the sexual assault that was likely committed at Twinbrook Elementary and the high probability that MCPS won't punish the perpetrator and will, 8nstead, sweep the whole thing under the rug because school to prison pipeline equity or something.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are way off topic now. SMH

Agreed. The topic is the sexual assault that was likely committed at Twinbrook Elementary and the high probability that MCPS won't punish the perpetrator and will, 8nstead, sweep the whole thing under the rug because school to prison pipeline equity or something.

or because 5 yo kids aren't punished for alleged rapes.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are way off topic now. SMH

Agreed. The topic is the sexual assault that was likely committed at Twinbrook Elementary and the high probability that MCPS won't punish the perpetrator and will, 8nstead, sweep the whole thing under the rug because school to prison pipeline equity or something.

or because 5 yo kids aren't punished for alleged rapes.

OK Beidleman.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

You monitor your kids every moment? Unusual!

No, it’s called parenting. You should try it.

Congratulations if your kid never messes up! You are amazing. You should write a book to share your secrets.

The example given involved a child pressuring other kids to expose themselves. That isn't messing up...that's a serious red flag that the child has been groomed and/or molested. No frickin way my kid would be around that one unsupervised. Further more, it would prompt me to watch my kids, if I had slacked off in the first place.

Chuckle..I posted that incident. The 5 year old is now 23 year old in a Phd program. She does have adhd which probably affected her impulse control at that time in her life (pre diagnosis/medication). All the cousins are quite close. I could not be happier that we let them spend time together. I know that this is just one case but it does again prove how some here practically turn the situation in to a crime when it was absolutely just a little kid trying to be fun or funny in an inappropriate way (and it was dealt with appropriately by her parents imo).

If your child has ADHD and impulse control, this is even more reason why you failed with parenting if you didn't think to supervise your child. Its not funny or appropriate and people like you are why kids are acting up so much at school an other situations as you don't seem to think you need to supervise and teach appropriate behavior. But, this is why I'd prefer kids at my house than going over to a house like yours where bad things will happen and be ignored that can be traumatizing for a child.

NP but I beseech folks to just ignore this poster and any other holier-than-thou posters who are apparently calling parents who don’t have eyes on their children at all times bad parents. Don’t feed the beasts. We all know they are absurd and you don’t have to defend yourself.

And they did not even read the post well since the poster was posting about a family member not their own child. You are correct to ignore.

They were there and not supervising the kids and their kid was involved.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

I guess you don't allow your kids sleepovers either? Or room sharing with siblings? Or any play time under forts or in tents? Or with grandparents or uncles/aunts or cousins?

My kids have never had an interest in sleepovers. Why would they need to share a room? They only go with trusted people. Shocker, some of us actually put thought and care into our kids, as well as the time.

Oh this is rich. People who allow sleepovers don’t put thought and care into their kids.
Go eff yourself.

Your kids are clearly better off in someone else's house.

You are a sh¡tty person. Full stop.

Nope, a loving parent who does their best to make sure those things never happen and supervise their kids, especially when they are too young to protect themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

You monitor your kids every moment? Unusual!

No, it’s called parenting. You should try it.

Congratulations if your kid never messes up! You are amazing. You should write a book to share your secrets.

The example given involved a child pressuring other kids to expose themselves. That isn't messing up...that's a serious red flag that the child has been groomed and/or molested. No frickin way my kid would be around that one unsupervised. Further more, it would prompt me to watch my kids, if I had slacked off in the first place.

Chuckle..I posted that incident. The 5 year old is now 23 year old in a Phd program. She does have adhd which probably affected her impulse control at that time in her life (pre diagnosis/medication). All the cousins are quite close. I could not be happier that we let them spend time together. I know that this is just one case but it does again prove how some here practically turn the situation in to a crime when it was absolutely just a little kid trying to be fun or funny in an inappropriate way (and it was dealt with appropriately by her parents imo).

If your child has ADHD and impulse control, this is even more reason why you failed with parenting if you didn't think to supervise your child. Its not funny or appropriate and people like you are why kids are acting up so much at school an other situations as you don't seem to think you need to supervise and teach appropriate behavior. But, this is why I'd prefer kids at my house than going over to a house like yours where bad things will happen and be ignored that can be traumatizing for a child.

NP but I beseech folks to just ignore this poster and any other holier-than-thou posters who are apparently calling parents who don’t have eyes on their children at all times bad parents. Don’t feed the beasts. We all know they are absurd and you don’t have to defend yourself.

Another NP. I was thinking the same. The bad parent accusations are nasty and tank any discourse. (Though, this thread seems to be largely alarm with little factual detail, so this is likely my first and last post)!

[Anonymous]

OP did exactly the right thing. Never ever trust MCPS to handle sexual assault or another crime appropriately. Go to the police first and then to the admin. If the admin brushes it off then go public. Negativity publicity is the only thing that MCPS responds to.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

I guess you don't allow your kids sleepovers either? Or room sharing with siblings? Or any play time under forts or in tents? Or with grandparents or uncles/aunts or cousins?

My kids have never had an interest in sleepovers. Why would they need to share a room? They only go with trusted people. Shocker, some of us actually put thought and care into our kids, as well as the time.

Oh this is rich. People who allow sleepovers don’t put thought and care into their kids.
Go eff yourself.

Your kids are clearly better off in someone else's house.

You are a sh¡tty person. Full stop.

Nope, a loving parent who does their best to make sure those things never happen and supervise their kids, especially when they are too young to protect themselves.

Right. Because once again, people who allow sleepovers aren’t loving parents.
Once again, you are a sh¡tty person.

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Anonymous wrote:Just FYI, in MD, digital penetration can be considered rape.

But not by a 5 year old.

You’re correct. It would be helpful if you explained why you’re right. A five year old can’t have criminal intent in Maryland, so while there’s a victim and a crime, there’s no criminal.

This kind of behavior is often an indication of abuse, usually at home, so the school should have taken it more seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

I guess you don't allow your kids sleepovers either? Or room sharing with siblings? Or any play time under forts or in tents? Or with grandparents or uncles/aunts or cousins?

My kids have never had an interest in sleepovers. Why would they need to share a room? They only go with trusted people. Shocker, some of us actually put thought and care into our kids, as well as the time.

Oh this is rich. People who allow sleepovers don’t put thought and care into their kids.
Go eff yourself.

Your kids are clearly better off in someone else's house.

You are a sh¡tty person. Full stop.

Nope, a loving parent who does their best to make sure those things never happen and supervise their kids, especially when they are too young to protect themselves.

Right. Because once again, people who allow sleepovers aren’t loving parents.
Once again, you are a sh¡tty person.

My kids never wanted them and who has time with activities and other things. Mine prefer to sleep in their own beds and rooms. Maybe if your kids are so quick to escape your house it says something.

You need to supervise your kids and try to prevent these things from happening. The parent of the child is right and MCPS needs to supervise kids better and put a hardline to unwanted touching. My child in elementary school had a child who kept touching them. School called it hugging and thought it was cute but my child was clear it was unwanted touching. I had to fight to get my child removed from the classroom the following year and make sure the two kids were never in a classroom together again. However the parent of this child may not have known it was happening or by the time they knew, it was too late. Good for them for being so vocal and trying to protect all kids and demanding a safe environment in MCPS schools.

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Anonymous wrote:OP did exactly the right thing. Never ever trust MCPS to handle sexual assault or another crime appropriately. Go to the police first and then to the admin. If the admin brushes it off then go public. Negativity publicity is the only thing that MCPS responds to.

OP is reposting from another group. Not their child.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what happened, but "playing doctor" is an age old game with younger kids.

It is interesting how one persons "playing doctor" and another persons "rapist" and "perp" can describe the exact same event.

I think we can all agree that, whatever occurred should not have occurred at school. 5 year olds should be supervised.

Agreed it should not have happened. Yet I am thinking back to a family Thanksgiving when my kids were about that age. My DS ran up stairs and said his cousin wanted everyone to pull their pants down as part of a (made up) game they were playing. I guess some followed her instructions. Her parents spoke to her about how this was no an appropriate activity etc. She apologized. We made sure all the kids knew they should never take their clothes off as part of a game. No one thought of her as a "perp" just a 5 year old not quite behaving as we all would have hoped.

It absolutely sounds like something more was going on, including lack of supervision and bad parenting.

Elementary age cousins playing together is a terrible thing for sure!

This isn't play and the kids should be monitored. Poor parenting.

I guess you don't allow your kids sleepovers either? Or room sharing with siblings? Or any play time under forts or in tents? Or with grandparents or uncles/aunts or cousins?

My kids have never had an interest in sleepovers. Why would they need to share a room? They only go with trusted people. Shocker, some of us actually put thought and care into our kids, as well as the time.

Oh this is rich. People who allow sleepovers don’t put thought and care into their kids.
Go eff yourself.

Your kids are clearly better off in someone else's house.

You are a sh¡tty person. Full stop.

Nope, a loving parent who does their best to make sure those things never happen and supervise their kids, especially when they are too young to protect themselves.

Right. Because once again, people who allow sleepovers aren’t loving parents.
Once again, you are a sh¡tty person.

My kids never wanted them and who has time with activities and other things. Mine prefer to sleep in their own beds and rooms. Maybe if your kids are so quick to escape your house it says something.

You need to supervise your kids and try to prevent these things from happening. The parent of the child is right and MCPS needs to supervise kids better and put a hardline to unwanted touching. My child in elementary school had a child who kept touching them. School called it hugging and thought it was cute but my child was clear it was unwanted touching. I had to fight to get my child removed from the classroom the following year and make sure the two kids were never in a classroom together again. However the parent of this child may not have known it was happening or by the time they knew, it was too late. Good for them for being so vocal and trying to protect all kids and demanding a safe environment in MCPS schools.

So let me get this straight - your kids never had any interest in sleepovers, and that makes you a more loving parent.

And the dig about my kids wanting to escape my house - is that the best you can do, oh loving parent?