I would have to know more about the situation before I can answer reasonable. -- I've been a middle school educator for over 15 years...and nothing is what it seems with the middle school child. -- What was the relationship between these two kids? Are they dating? Did they used to date? Is this something they talked about? Is this girl saying that she didn't want the kiss because she doesn't want to get in trouble by her parents? ( you wouldn't believe how much that happens on the daily basis) I mean, it's a million questions that need to be asked before deciding.---Also, these children are young. I'm not sure that it's appropriate to hold a 13 year old child accountable in the same way that I would hold an adult. --- A lengthy suspension, and some social skills classes, maybe...but...charging this child with assault? That seems unreasonable.
Starfire - 9 years ago
Cool thanks again
Jack - 9 years ago
It is assault under the law so he should be charged if the victim wants to press charges- she has rights too and one of them is that she does not have to let anyone force her to have physical contact of an intimate nature like kissing. The victim should have the rights here not the one who assaulted her. Boys need to learn you keep your hands off girls unless they have consented to the contact and such behavior is not acceptable at school. This should be about the victim not the criminal
dave - 9 years ago
Seriously? Did he give her cooties?
This country is getting stranger by the day.
They're kids doing what kids do.
Let the parents handle it.
Ivan - 9 years ago
A boy at a DC highschool last week grabbed a 9th grade girl and forced her into the boys locker room, as a joke. No cameras, boys the size of men in various states of undress, and she was all alone. She told me in a "oh this thing happened today" kind of way. That's not acceptable. Our Daughters shouldn't think that's acceptable or normal, and our sons shouldn't think in any capacity that that is ok. The number of rapes that happen in schools is outrageous. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/us/alabama-school-rape-lawsuit/ Here, a 14 year old girl is sodomized in the boys bathroom and the teachers knew what was happening and used a little to bait the predator. Why is this behavior ok to 85% of people? Yes, they should be pressing charges, and yes there should be punishment. Should he be tried as an adult? No. But I applaud the parents for standing up and defending their daughter.
jason - 9 years ago
He Frenched kissed her. He assaulted her and is old enough to know better
Chas - 9 years ago
The kid needs to take this to trial, if police don't drop the charge, and under NO circumstances plead out. Make a jury throw this crap out.
Russ - 9 years ago
This study proves one thing - 15% of people responding to the poll are idiots.
the man - 9 years ago
this is the issue with maryland its a kid not a adult and for another thing kids have to much pressure these
what every needs to do it grow set let the parnets handle stop let people so we let fags piss in a women bathroom to be that is stupid
Diversity! - 9 years ago
The punishment isn't harsh enough,the kid should receive the death sentence.
Kelly - 9 years ago
No where does it say what the girl was wearing...maybe she was asking for it?!
Who Cares - 9 years ago
The poll obviously shows that most normal people don't consider this kiss a big enough situation to involve the police. Yes, he should be punished...so get both sets of parents involved and let them work it out between themselves and the kid...seems pretty simple, common sense to me and 80% of others out there.
Any comments here expressing differently are from crazy individuals that can't function normally themselves and have a warped world view.
Rene - 9 years ago
If a 30 year old guy grabbed you by the shirt and forcibly kissed you (or your daughter, sister, mother girlfriend or wife) ramming his tongue in your/their mouth, would you just shrug it off as "He's being childish"?... NO!... Would you want him charged with assault? YES! Then why treat a 13 year old, who is old enough to get a girl pregnant by forcing her to have sex, like he's some woeful little toddler lost in the forest looking for Bambi, some Dwarves and some fairies to help him find his way?!?
Some 13 year old 'boys' are the size of some full grown men. What he did was assault... plain and simple. He's being charged as a juvenile , not an adult... people need to stop acting like he's being sent to Attica Correctional Facility for some innocent little peck given to a girl he had a crush on. This 'kids will be kids' attitude needs to stop... he's not THAT young. People complain that there are worse crimes in Baltimore than this assault, which it is ASSAULT, but a lot of the 'worse' crimes likely wouldn't be happening if when the criminals were 13 and pulling nasty stuff like this, if they would have actually been held accountable then. This was an abusive act by that 13 year old, and abuse escalates when not taken seriously. People also use the dare to excuse his behavior... sorry, no, that's not how it works... the dare shows he was involved in a premeditated conspiracy to bully that girl, so it's worse because of the dare. People have commented that the girl should have just hit or kneed him and been done with it... well, maybe she's not physically able to do that... plus, why should she HAVE TO?... Why should she risk getting into trouble with the school or the police?... Why should she risk that the creep will fly into a rage and punch her or do far worse to her? People still have the attitude that it's the boy's job to 'try' and the girl's job to stop him... instead of trying to teach girls how to keep from being abused or even rape, how about teaching boys not to abuse or rape? Similarly, there are comments that the girl's parents should slap the living daylights out of the creep, and while I'd want to if it was my daughter, I'd understand the desire to, why should they HAVE TO and risk going to jail themselves? I've also seen comments that say adults over reacting to 'kids just being kids' is going to traumatize the girl... that is the biggest bunch of bull!!!... what further traumatizes an assault victim after the assault is when people make excuses for the perpetrator and there's no significant repercussions for the perpetrator, thus sending the message to the victim that what they suffered doesn't matter. Even though this creep rammed his tongue in her mouth, people excuse it as 'just a kiss,' well, where's the line on what's acceptable to force upon another person?... Would grabbing her breast just be being a childish 'kids being kids' act, because that happens in middle school too? How about cornering her in an empty stair well and forcing her to give him oral, which has also been reported in the news happening in middle schools, that's just 'kissing' his little friend, right? *sarcasm*... So should we excuse that as childish 'kids will be kids' behavior? Or does the mere fact that he's 13 give him a free pass to follow her after school and rape her? Some may think I'm being melodramatic, but all the stuff above does happen by 13 year olds... and they are old enough to know to keep their hands, tongues or other parts to themselves. So the next time one of these people, who complains that he should not be charged with assault (as a juvenile NOT an adult), because the juvenile charge is still too harsh, feels the compulsion to complain about crimes by adults, remember those adult criminal's nasty deeds that they committed at the age of 13 were probably shrugged off as childish 'kids will be kids' behavior too.
Bill - 9 years ago
The question is very misleading- it was not just a kiss, he grabbed her by the front of her shirt held her against her will and open mouth kissed her ageist her will. In Maryland that is an assault of a sexual nature. It is the victim (and her parents) RIGHT to press charges- the school can only deal with the violation of school rules not the crime he allegedly committed against state law. If someone assault you it is up to you to file charges or not. Think of some boy forcing himself on your daughter, wife, mother etc. What if it had been in a secluded area and he had not stopped with the kiss?
John Wayner - 9 years ago
I woukd have pressed charges too if that was my daughter. Teach your kids at home. I blame the parents
KG - 9 years ago
I do believe he should be disciplined, maybe given in school suspension, but not charged for assault. That's just ridiculous. Obviously he needs to be held accountable for his actions but to face actual charges over trying to kiss someone? Really? I mean if someone tried kissing you you'd probably tell them to knock it the f off & that'd be that!
TJ - 9 years ago
If we are going to be holding kids accountable at such a young age for every little mistake then I guess they are also old enough to screw there lives up just like the rest of us. Let's lower the drinking and smoking age to 13. Minors are now considered 12 and under. I guess I'll hand my 13 year old the keys to the car too... @Jack - you are a complete moron!! Let the parents parent and the schools can invoke whatever institutional punishment is warranted but arresting children for playing Truth or Dare...? Come on people, can't keep them in bubble wrap forever...
Jack - 9 years ago
He didn't just kiss the the girl lightly and walk away. Get the facts straight mainstream media before placing polls.
I would have to know more about the situation before I can answer reasonable. -- I've been a middle school educator for over 15 years...and nothing is what it seems with the middle school child. -- What was the relationship between these two kids? Are they dating? Did they used to date? Is this something they talked about? Is this girl saying that she didn't want the kiss because she doesn't want to get in trouble by her parents? ( you wouldn't believe how much that happens on the daily basis) I mean, it's a million questions that need to be asked before deciding.---Also, these children are young. I'm not sure that it's appropriate to hold a 13 year old child accountable in the same way that I would hold an adult. --- A lengthy suspension, and some social skills classes, maybe...but...charging this child with assault? That seems unreasonable.
Cool thanks again
It is assault under the law so he should be charged if the victim wants to press charges- she has rights too and one of them is that she does not have to let anyone force her to have physical contact of an intimate nature like kissing. The victim should have the rights here not the one who assaulted her. Boys need to learn you keep your hands off girls unless they have consented to the contact and such behavior is not acceptable at school. This should be about the victim not the criminal
Seriously? Did he give her cooties?
This country is getting stranger by the day.
They're kids doing what kids do.
Let the parents handle it.
A boy at a DC highschool last week grabbed a 9th grade girl and forced her into the boys locker room, as a joke. No cameras, boys the size of men in various states of undress, and she was all alone. She told me in a "oh this thing happened today" kind of way. That's not acceptable. Our Daughters shouldn't think that's acceptable or normal, and our sons shouldn't think in any capacity that that is ok. The number of rapes that happen in schools is outrageous. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/us/alabama-school-rape-lawsuit/ Here, a 14 year old girl is sodomized in the boys bathroom and the teachers knew what was happening and used a little to bait the predator. Why is this behavior ok to 85% of people? Yes, they should be pressing charges, and yes there should be punishment. Should he be tried as an adult? No. But I applaud the parents for standing up and defending their daughter.
He Frenched kissed her. He assaulted her and is old enough to know better
The kid needs to take this to trial, if police don't drop the charge, and under NO circumstances plead out. Make a jury throw this crap out.
This study proves one thing - 15% of people responding to the poll are idiots.
this is the issue with maryland its a kid not a adult and for another thing kids have to much pressure these
what every needs to do it grow set let the parnets handle stop let people so we let fags piss in a women bathroom to be that is stupid
The punishment isn't harsh enough,the kid should receive the death sentence.
No where does it say what the girl was wearing...maybe she was asking for it?!
The poll obviously shows that most normal people don't consider this kiss a big enough situation to involve the police. Yes, he should be punished...so get both sets of parents involved and let them work it out between themselves and the kid...seems pretty simple, common sense to me and 80% of others out there.
Any comments here expressing differently are from crazy individuals that can't function normally themselves and have a warped world view.
If a 30 year old guy grabbed you by the shirt and forcibly kissed you (or your daughter, sister, mother girlfriend or wife) ramming his tongue in your/their mouth, would you just shrug it off as "He's being childish"?... NO!... Would you want him charged with assault? YES! Then why treat a 13 year old, who is old enough to get a girl pregnant by forcing her to have sex, like he's some woeful little toddler lost in the forest looking for Bambi, some Dwarves and some fairies to help him find his way?!?
Some 13 year old 'boys' are the size of some full grown men. What he did was assault... plain and simple. He's being charged as a juvenile , not an adult... people need to stop acting like he's being sent to Attica Correctional Facility for some innocent little peck given to a girl he had a crush on. This 'kids will be kids' attitude needs to stop... he's not THAT young. People complain that there are worse crimes in Baltimore than this assault, which it is ASSAULT, but a lot of the 'worse' crimes likely wouldn't be happening if when the criminals were 13 and pulling nasty stuff like this, if they would have actually been held accountable then. This was an abusive act by that 13 year old, and abuse escalates when not taken seriously. People also use the dare to excuse his behavior... sorry, no, that's not how it works... the dare shows he was involved in a premeditated conspiracy to bully that girl, so it's worse because of the dare. People have commented that the girl should have just hit or kneed him and been done with it... well, maybe she's not physically able to do that... plus, why should she HAVE TO?... Why should she risk getting into trouble with the school or the police?... Why should she risk that the creep will fly into a rage and punch her or do far worse to her? People still have the attitude that it's the boy's job to 'try' and the girl's job to stop him... instead of trying to teach girls how to keep from being abused or even rape, how about teaching boys not to abuse or rape? Similarly, there are comments that the girl's parents should slap the living daylights out of the creep, and while I'd want to if it was my daughter, I'd understand the desire to, why should they HAVE TO and risk going to jail themselves? I've also seen comments that say adults over reacting to 'kids just being kids' is going to traumatize the girl... that is the biggest bunch of bull!!!... what further traumatizes an assault victim after the assault is when people make excuses for the perpetrator and there's no significant repercussions for the perpetrator, thus sending the message to the victim that what they suffered doesn't matter. Even though this creep rammed his tongue in her mouth, people excuse it as 'just a kiss,' well, where's the line on what's acceptable to force upon another person?... Would grabbing her breast just be being a childish 'kids being kids' act, because that happens in middle school too? How about cornering her in an empty stair well and forcing her to give him oral, which has also been reported in the news happening in middle schools, that's just 'kissing' his little friend, right? *sarcasm*... So should we excuse that as childish 'kids will be kids' behavior? Or does the mere fact that he's 13 give him a free pass to follow her after school and rape her? Some may think I'm being melodramatic, but all the stuff above does happen by 13 year olds... and they are old enough to know to keep their hands, tongues or other parts to themselves. So the next time one of these people, who complains that he should not be charged with assault (as a juvenile NOT an adult), because the juvenile charge is still too harsh, feels the compulsion to complain about crimes by adults, remember those adult criminal's nasty deeds that they committed at the age of 13 were probably shrugged off as childish 'kids will be kids' behavior too.
The question is very misleading- it was not just a kiss, he grabbed her by the front of her shirt held her against her will and open mouth kissed her ageist her will. In Maryland that is an assault of a sexual nature. It is the victim (and her parents) RIGHT to press charges- the school can only deal with the violation of school rules not the crime he allegedly committed against state law. If someone assault you it is up to you to file charges or not. Think of some boy forcing himself on your daughter, wife, mother etc. What if it had been in a secluded area and he had not stopped with the kiss?
I woukd have pressed charges too if that was my daughter. Teach your kids at home. I blame the parents
I do believe he should be disciplined, maybe given in school suspension, but not charged for assault. That's just ridiculous. Obviously he needs to be held accountable for his actions but to face actual charges over trying to kiss someone? Really? I mean if someone tried kissing you you'd probably tell them to knock it the f off & that'd be that!
If we are going to be holding kids accountable at such a young age for every little mistake then I guess they are also old enough to screw there lives up just like the rest of us. Let's lower the drinking and smoking age to 13. Minors are now considered 12 and under. I guess I'll hand my 13 year old the keys to the car too... @Jack - you are a complete moron!! Let the parents parent and the schools can invoke whatever institutional punishment is warranted but arresting children for playing Truth or Dare...? Come on people, can't keep them in bubble wrap forever...
He didn't just kiss the the girl lightly and walk away. Get the facts straight mainstream media before placing polls.