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Did Hialeah mom know of teen son's sex with teacher?
I had to look at the lead of this Miami Herald story several times yesterday to make sure I was reading it correctly:
A 15-year-old Hialeah boy who had a months-long romantic relationship with a teacher at his religious school must end the affair, a Miami child welfare judge ordered Wednesday.
Where do we begin?
It was a religious school. It took place over months. A judge had to order them to stop!
Is there a loophole in the statutory rape law that I'm not aware of, one that says it's okay until the judge orders an end to it?
As you read further into the story, you can see why the judge felt a need to step in:
The mom, Hialeah police say, consented to her son's affair with 32-year-old Maria Guzman Hernandez, and allowed the couple to travel together for a weekend getaway at Disney World.At the hearing, the mother's attorney, Roberto Villasante, said she is disputing some of the allegations against her by DCF and the police.
''She is in disagreement with some of the items in the affidavit,'' Villasante said, ``particularly certain knowledge she had of what was going on.''
You have to wonder about this one. I mean, if the mother knew about the affair, her fitness as a mom is, to say the least, questionable. But what does it say about her fitness as a parent if she didn't know?
I don't think the "I didn't know" defense is much better. I've got two teenage stepdaughters, and if either of them said she was going on a trip to Disney with a male teacher, they'd have to call the police to keep me from assaulting the teacher!
Is it okay when it's a teenage boy with a female teacher?
What about a teenage girl with a male teacher?
What about a teenager with a teacher of the same gender?
Why can't these teachers stick to their lesson plans and keep their hands off our kids?
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Comments
You ask many of the same questions I had after watching this on the news last night. Had that mother had a daughter instead of a son, would she have consented to her daughter having and affair with her 32 year old male teacher? Societal stereotypes tells me she would have screamed to anyone who would listen about how the teacher manipulated her child, had her child been female instead of male. I get the impression that she was fine with her son being a "stud" and not really taking into consideration how wrong this teachers' actions were.
Posted by: Lissette | May 28, 2009 9:49 AM
I believe the mother knew of the relationship and had no problem with it. As strange as it may sound, it happens all the time. Not necessarily with a teacher and probably not at a religious school, but a lot of parents don't see a problem with their CHILD dating an ADULT. I had a friend in high school who was dating a man in his late 20s and her mom thought he was just the greatest thing and even allowed him to spend the night. Can you wrap your brain around that one?
Posted by: Elita @ Blacktating | May 28, 2009 1:14 PM