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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Is it okay to let your 17-year-old read the court documents?”

I do not mind talking to my child about sex or sexual abuse, but I did not show the court documents to my child because I, who am an adult, felt very disgusted reading them since I could not stop thinking that this was a man in his late 30s/40s AND a teacher talking with a child/student about sex.

For me, it was disturbing and gross that a teacher fantasized with a child/student and would give them a vibrator as a graduation present. To me, it was clear that he wanted to take advantage of his students. I rather explain to my child about manipulation and control rather than reading the sexual communications.

I would only consider reading the court documents as an example within a class about sexual abuse so that the focus is on manipulation and control. I would only share it with a teenager if I knew that the teenager could be at-risk.

I think that the court documents are more for parents, especially those who do not see it as a crime. Would you be OK with a teacher to fantasize with your child? Give them sexual toys? Groom them? Would you be OK with your child to lose their virginity with a teacher?

To me, it’s disgusting and disturbing. To me, he was a pedophile and predator and it upsets me that he got away with it for so long. 
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I agree with all of this, except the court documents are for the judge, not "for the parents".[/quote]

They are for the public.  [/quote]

No. They are for the court but they are made available to the public. How do you not understand this?[/quote]
DP, but your combative tone is bizarre here. If they are only for the court/judge, there is zero need for them to be made public. If they are made public, it is because there has been a state or local determination based on law that they are beneficial to the public. They are very clearly beneficial to any member of the public who wants to protect the vulnerable in their community, not just parents.  [/quote]

yes, I am frustrated by the parents who think that court documents are "for the parents" it highlights an entirely myopic perspective where everything is about them, for their benefit, for their satisfaction. And clearly that's not how the law works. The school and the police and the courts have certain duties to uphold, but these are not and are never to satisfy the interests of a set of parents. Ok?[/quote]

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