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[quote=Anonymous]Listen, to the people claiming he can’t control his impulses and to the OP:

Has he ever made a joke about school shootings? Fire? Made fun of a bigger kid who could beat him up?

For most the answer is no. Clearly these kids know there are some lines they can’t cross. I understand that the kid will probably still try to push boundaries and it will be a much longer conversation about how to address it. But I would argue that even something like a Hitler joke is very different from harassing girls.

He knows it makes the girls very uncomfortable and he gets off on being provocative - BUT he knows the girls aren’t going to beat him up after school like a boy who he tries to humiliate might. There are few consequences and lots of upsides for him. They’re his safe place for abuse. Even his own mom minimizes the behavior by calling it being a clown instead of a bully who is sexually harassing girls. His own mom doesn’t think he’s sexually harassing girls, so why should he?

I doubt his mom has ever said something to the effect of:

“I am ashamed of you today. This is not funny - it’s mean and cruel and it makes me want to cry to know I raised a son who would treat girls this way.”

I bet when she scolds him it’s more like: 
“You could get in so much trouble for saying that stuff! You can’t clown around at school like that! Someone could misinterpret your actions!” [/quote]

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