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NP here - It's not really a question of the world that we live in, it's a question of the work that the kid believes he lives in.  Isn't that obvious?  I am all for teachable moments, both for this girl and her pursuer.  But at some point, it's time to stop teaching and require that the borderline harassing behavior stop, immediately.  The daughter has told this boy, repeatedly, that she's not interested.  It hasn't worked (though it does appear that she could be more forceful, but isn't willing to).  At some point, someone may have to intercede.  The question is, who will have a better chance of getting through to the kid, a pissed off mother or a pissed off father?  Like it or not, a 14 yo boy likely is going to take an angry man, with the implicit threat of physical violence, more seriously than an angry woman.  It that right?  No.  It is unfortunate that simple requests aren't sufficient?  Yes.  Does he need to learn to respect women and their decisions?  Of course.  But there comes a point when the behavior just has to stop, and we need to be realistic about the best way to accomplish that.  At that point, "the way things should work" really doesn't factor into things. [/quote]

If, in the "real world", the only way to get a boy to stop harassing a girl is if the girl has a father who intervenes, then we have some serious problems that we need to focus on fixing.[/quote]

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