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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm the parent of the Jewish kid who made the Hitler joke. Do you think that went over quietly in our house? Gosh that was fun. He knew he was in for it, too. He knew it was beyond inappropriate, and he was apologetic and had detention and wrote a letter of apology.

But he was still in the principal's office a week later, for making another inappropriate joke.

The point is, for kids who are stimulation-seekers -- and probably also a certain kind of extrovert, as my son is -- it is satisfying *because* it is inappropriate. The rule-breaking is a rush. The laughter is a rush. My kid knows precisely where the line is: boredom on one side, risk and reward on the other.

This is totally new, btw. Never ever had a discipline issue in high school until... 8th grade.

This kind of impulse control is a huge, huge problem with SOME teens with ADHD -- not all of course but it's very, very well-documented. [b]Blaming a parent who is HERE ASKING FOR HELP is just low.[/b] I guess it makes some folks feel better about themselves or something.

Ironically, it doesn't actually help the teacher or the kids targeted by the joke. But some advice about impulse control might!

And please don't talk about consequences. Everyone here has made it through toddlerhood, and we all know that consequences only help when a person has the capacity to CONTROL THEIR IMPULSES. This is pretty basic stuff.[/quote]

The difference between your story and OP's is that you understood the Hitler joke to be inappropriate. No matter that she is asking for help, OP seems confused about why her son's actions were inappropriate. Teasing an adolescent girl about her period is really effed up.  OP seems to want to put the blame on "today's culture" and "schools today" but she needs to understand that the teacher did the right thing. This WAS sexual harassment, which is why it was treated as such. [/quote]

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