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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.   [b] I understand that it can be completely innocent but it certainly crosses boundaries which are difficult to explain to a child.  [/b]My blanket statement would be not to touch underwear given by a random adult in your life.  Teacher is male which shouldn't matter but because it is Men's underwear, it somehow didn't sit well with me.

I guess the lesson here is about teaching context and why this instance of it may be OK.  However, I also feel like this is exactly what predators take advantage of (normalizing something, making you think you are crazy to be considering the worst case, and then slipping in new variations of the normalized activity).   Or someone else may take advantage of the fact these kind of activities have been normalized.  Children are still trying to figure out when to call something out, what is cause for alarm, etc.  This type of activity just muddles the boundaries.

Again, I understand, it is up to parents to keep teaching about context.  This is a specialty teacher (not regular teacher) that my child sees once a week and I don't know him from Adam. I thought it was odd that he did this and I wanted to see what others thought.   I would think differently if the regular teacher did this (and communicated that they are doing this quirky activity and the purpose of it).[/quote]

I mean, if you have to explain it to your child and he won’t understand it, why is it an issue?  By your own statement, the kid won’t know.  Do you think your daughter or son will grow up wanting to put their hands under someone’s boxers and type?  I would believe that your kid is smart enough to read the context there. It is OK to touch clothing on a shelf in a store, but it is not okay when someone is wearing it.

What is wrong with that boundary?[/quote]

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