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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think he has  special needs. She says he's part of the "popular" crowd and he contacts her at least 10 times a day via Snapchat and says stuff like, "you are so friggin hot , why won't you talk to me?" He also apparently has had his friends talk to her and they collectively were staring at her while she was doing some math homework during an open class period. She has PE with him, but no other classes. While I believe my daughter is very attractive, her best attribute is that she is brainy,  strong-willed and has a pretty good head on her shoulders. I'm inclined to let her handle this on her own, but don't want it to get out of hand, and my husband is very upset.[/quote]

Ok, I don't say this lightly, but this is textbook harassment. Change the setting again and put it in a professional workplace. If a woman's colleague was doing/saying these things to her, she would absolutely involve HR and appropriately so. This is no different. And for those who will say they are kids, yes, it needs to be treated like a teaching opportunity (for her and for him). Sustained unwelcomed advances usually do require intervention from a third party, usually someone with authority. I think you need to explain this to her in these terms. By the way, he needs to be told when it's shut down that ANY retaliation in ANY form will reflect directly on him (since, really, no one else has any business knowing anything unless he runs his mouth) and will constitute an escalation of serious consequences.

Signed, a Dad with a similar problem (a 12 year old being aggressively pursued by a 16 year-old boy).[/quote]

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