Would a private school suspend or expel a boy for this?

[Anonymous]

I’m guessing isn’t pictures but video and yes the child should be punished as should the family, as in if they have a young child with a phone they should have the wherewithal to place content restrictions on that device. This isn’t hard to do on an Apple phone or computer. If this happened on school ground I think he should be suspended for quite some time and if not then suspension for a shorter amount both with family conferences that they need to restrict screen access and put monitors in place for online access. It is child neglect. Horribly sad.
Also I think this should be something that the school addresses to the community as a whole—the dangers of kids that age and in general having unfettered and unprotected online phone/computer access.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my public school this would be a mandated reporter to child protective services. At that age we report sexual comments and activities. Maybe nothing is done, but children shouldn’t be exposed to sexual material at that age so it’s for CPS to investigate and decide. I’m a mandated reporter but anyone can make the report. If your child is being exposed to pornography at school, report the school.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is clearly a psychological issue that must be addressed through therapy.

I disagree. It's just crap parenting. And crap parents don't belong in a private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You say it's pornography, but even lawmakers in this country can't decide what is pornography and what isn't. It should be handled on a case by case basis.

There is a vast difference between Playboy type pictures and (I don't want to get too explicit, use your imagination)

Pornographic video websites. The most popular ones. I'm not going to name them here. Anyone can pull them up on any smartphone if there are no work or parental restrictions on the browser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You say it's pornography, but even lawmakers in this country can't decide what is pornography and what isn't. It should be handled on a case by case basis.

There is a vast difference between Playboy type pictures and (I don't want to get too explicit, use your imagination)

Playboy is pornography - soft porn, but porn nonetheless. And no child of 9 or 10 years of age should be looking at pictures of naked people. Period. End of discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is happening at school, during the school day or outside of school/after school? Makes a big difference from the school perspective. For the sake of all of the kids, please tell the school or the parents.

During school, sports practice, and after school off school grounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You say it's pornography, but even lawmakers in this country can't decide what is pornography and what isn't. It should be handled on a case by case basis.

There is a vast difference between Playboy type pictures and (I don't want to get too explicit, use your imagination)

Playboy is pornography - soft porn, but porn nonetheless. And no child of 9 or 10 years of age should be looking at pictures of naked people. Period. End of discussion.

This too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my public school this would be a mandated reporter to child protective services. At that age we report sexual comments and activities. Maybe nothing is done, but children shouldn’t be exposed to sexual material at that age so it’s for CPS to investigate and decide. I’m a mandated reporter but anyone can make the report. If your child is being exposed to pornography at school, report the school.

This.

I hope this is the case at all the schools - public or private.

My hope is that our private would suspend at the very least and let the parents know if there is one more infraction of any kind, they will need to find somewhere else to place their child.

On a personal note, a 9 or 10 year old boy is young for even wanting to see naked photos. I worry that he has been exposed to something by someone who should be arrested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You say it's pornography, but even lawmakers in this country can't decide what is pornography and what isn't. It should be handled on a case by case basis.

There is a vast difference between Playboy type pictures and (I don't want to get too explicit, use your imagination)

The most explicit video websites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is happening at school, during the school day or outside of school/after school? Makes a big difference from the school perspective. For the sake of all of the kids, please tell the school or the parents.

During school, sports practice, and after school off school grounds.

report to school immediately and if they do nothing then to CPC. I would want that family out of the school, mostly due to the parents allowing that to happen. They should no longer be welcome in the school community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would doubt it.

If it happened at school and if the other parents are mad enough that they give the school an ultimatum, expelling the kid is better than defending a lawsuit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a primary school boy was given a large new iPhone without any web restrictions and was using it to introduce and look at pornography with classmates. And one of those classmate's parents found out and turned the boy into school administrators, how would the school punish the child? Apparently this had been going on since the start of this school year and has totally warped the minds of the boys. These are only 9 and 10 years old.

depends on the school and who the kid is to be honest. seen kids walk from much worse.

[Anonymous]

I think some parents are truly clueless about tech and think an iPhone is just some fun toy. Or they know pornography is accessible but think elementary school kids are too young to find it? It takes all of two seconds to pull up explicit streaming video.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some parents are truly clueless about tech and think an iPhone is just some fun toy. Or they know pornography is accessible but think elementary school kids are too young to find it? It takes all of two seconds to pull up explicit streaming video.

Or are too checked out of their kids’ lives that they just never even thought about it. Probably thought the nanny would handle it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think most parents understand how common this is. Usually doesn’t start until middle school but kids have access to the internet whether at home or whatever.