Labour council hires actor in rainbow coloured monkey costume with fake penis

[Crimson Dynamo]

to read to CHILDREN!!:shocked:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/12/20/45363193-9781507-image-a-74_1626119294535.jpg

Parents' disgust as Labour council hires actor in rainbow coloured monkey
costume with fake penis and nipples to appear at library event encouraging
children to read


Redbridge Libraries set up the event and has since apologised for the costume
Full investigation has now been launched by the council to get to the bottom of it
Labour councillor Jas Athwal apologised and tweeted saying he was 'appalled'


Although the library has now apologised for the costumes they initially said,
'if you've got it, flaunt it,' on social media earlier in the day.

Parents have voiced their disgust after a Labour council hired an actor in a
rainbow-coloured monkey costume with a fake penis and nipples to appear
at a library event for children.

The Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council
in east London set up the event but the library has since apologised for the
'inappropriate' costume.

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https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/complaints-after-inappropriate-costume-worn-at-childrens-event-8136830
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9781507/Parents-disgust-Labour-council-hires-actor-rainbow-coloured-monkey-costume-fake-penis.html

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woke madness

[Marsh.]

What's woke about it?

Do your batteries need changing?

[Cherie]

to read to CHILDREN!!:shocked:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/12/20/45363193-9781507-image-a-74_1626119294535.jpg

Parents' disgust as Labour council hires actor in rainbow coloured monkey
costume with fake penis and nipples to appear at library event encouraging
children to read


Redbridge Libraries set up the event and has since apologised for the costume
Full investigation has now been launched by the council to get to the bottom of it
Labour councillor Jas Athwal apologised and tweeted saying he was 'appalled'


Although the library has now apologised for the costumes they initially said,
'if you've got it, flaunt it,' on social media earlier in the day.

Parents have voiced their disgust after a Labour council hired an actor in a
rainbow-coloured monkey costume with a fake penis and nipples to appear
at a library event for children.

The Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council
in east London set up the event but the library has since apologised for the
'inappropriate' costume.

https://images.cm.archant.co.uk/resource/responsive-image/8136842/article-body-image-landscape/lg/2/redbridge-initiative-image-1-.jpg

https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/complaints-after-inappropriate-costume-worn-at-childrens-event-8136830

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/12/20/45363195-9781507-image-a-76_1626119409452.jpg

woke madness



How did anyone think this was acceptable for children :umm2: I mean lose the fake tits and penis but even the face of the costume is not really child friendly

[Nicky91]

someone who dresses up as a clown i do not take serious at all



also i don't see the problem with this whatsoever, seems nice and colourful anyway which is good as children like vibrant colours overall


as for the fake penis, you can definitely see that is fake, and the tits are also definitely fake (or well where are they as i cannot see them)


but yeah lose the fake penis, and it is no problem for me, but just removing that, in light of PC world etc


good idea from Labour anyway, needs to be polished out a bit (but only like i said a mere bit)

[Cherie]

someone who dresses up as a clown i do not take serious at all



also i don't see the problem with this whatsoever, seems nice and colourful anyway which is good as children like vibrant colours overall


as for the fake penis, you can definitely see that is fake, and the tits are also definitely fake (or well where are they as i cannot see them)


but yeah lose the fake penis, and it is no problem for me, but just removing that, in light of PC world etc


good idea from Labour anyway, needs to be polished out a bit (but only like i said a mere bit)


This is the issue though, not the rainbow outfit?

[bots]

nicky can always be relied on :laugh:

[ThomasC]

I laughed. It’s only the penis that is an issue, but one could say it’s sex education

[Nicky91]

This is the issue though, not the rainbow outfit?

yes, of course

that is that tiny bit where it can be improved upon i mean

nicky can always be relied on :laugh:

just my own opinion, i never take anyone serious who appears in such a ridiculous costume

[bots]

it's clearly not only the penis that is the issue. If someone chooses to dress themselves like that to interact with children, the problem is with the person doing it.

[Ammi]

…it’s been apologised for which is good and obviously a ‘what were they thinking’ decision…


…no children, if you’ve got it then you don’t publicly flaunt it because that would lead to an arrest and criminal charge…you keep it tucked until you’re in your own private space…and ‘flashing’ intimate body parts publicly is very concerning…/..Wayne Couzens….so why on Earth someone would be ‘imitating’ that action with children as an entertainment thing….anyways they’ve apologised and that’s as much as they can so, having been so misguided…

[arista]

How did anyone think this was acceptable for children :umm2: I mean lose the fake tits and penis but even the face of the costume is not really child friendly


Blame the Labour Party

[user104658]

it's clearly not only the penis that is the issue. If someone chooses to dress themselves like that to interact with children, the problem is with the person doing it.


Exactly bots. I have absolutely no issue with my kids seeing fake genitals, like (to use a convoluted example) if say we were driving down the street in the evening and saw some people on their way to a party or hen/stag night wearing a costume like this, they would be absolutely creased up laughing at the fake knob, and there’s no issue with that because the intent of the costume is to be worn to an adults night out.

Would I want my kids around someone who would CHOOSE to wear a costume with a fake penis to an event specifically aimed at kids? **** no. Massively questionable.

[Alf]

This is normal now LT, embrace it. We'll all be dressing like this by the end of the decade.

[user104658]

…no children, if you’ve got it then you don’t publicly flaunt it because that would lead to an arrest and criminal charge…you keep it tucked until you’re in your own private space…and ‘flashing’ intimate body parts publicly is very concerning…

On this note Ammi, and wondering if this is a common issue or just a local disturbing epidemic, but… have you ever encountered a problem with kids (boys) sending dick pics to girls in primary school?? I know it’s obviously a massive issue for older teens and adults but there’s been a bit of an issue with it here recently. Started off with one of my daughters classmates sister getting bombarded with them by a boy in her class (they’re 14)… to add to the drama there, the boys younger brother is also in their class which has caused some issues…

But then also recently, her friend from round the corner called her distressed because some random kid not even from around here, who is friends with two boys from their class, sent her pictures. They’re 11/12 ffs! And in message groups there are constant dick-pic references, and in a video one boy sent to the group (an innocent enough video) other male classmates are in the background shouting “Send her dick pics! Send them dick pics!!”

I really didn’t expect to encounter this at primary school. She’s off to high school after the summer and it’s surely only going to get worse :umm2:

[Niamh.]

Ummm :umm2:

[Cherie]

I expect he was booked on the basis that he was colourful, I would doubt anyone at the library was expecting that!

[Niamh.]

The face mask is pretty terrifying as well tbf :laugh:

[Ammi]

On this note Ammi, and wondering if this is a common issue or just a local disturbing epidemic, but… have you ever encountered a problem with kids (boys) sending dick pics to girls in primary school?? I know it’s obviously a massive issue for older teens and adults but there’s been a bit of an issue with it here recently. Started off with one of my daughters classmates sister getting bombarded with them by a boy in her class (they’re 14)… to add to the drama there, the boys younger brother is also in their class which has caused some issues…

But then also recently, her friend from round the corner called her distressed because some random kid not even from around here, who is friends with two boys from their class, sent her pictures. They’re 11/12 ffs! And in message groups there are constant dick-pic references, and in a video one boy sent to the group (an innocent enough video) other male classmates are in the background shouting “Send her dick pics! Send them dick pics!!”

I really didn’t expect to encounter this at primary school. She’s off to high school after the summer and it’s surely only going to get worse :umm2:

…we’ve really become more involved in E-Safety at Primary level more because of the age range of primary schools being extended with the phasing out of Middle Schools….it’s opened up a lot of safeguarding that we hadn’t previously encountered so much…and I have to say, quite a large amount in those two higher years of 5 and 6 and especially year 6….obviously there’s a lot more body awareness with things like periods starting more at Primary school ….hmmmmm, not specifically what you’re experiencing, I have to say that many related issues have been more with girl students in the content that they’ve posted and inappropriate sexual language and also with online bullying, we’ve mainly had girl online bullying and had to speak to groups and parents…we’ve had very little ‘boy related’ safeguarding in any online respect…so just a specific group thing…?…are the school being very helpful…?…

[Ammi]

…just out of interest, TS…why is the boy’s younger brother in the class as well…are they step siblings and he’s only slightly younger but the same year group…?….

[Smithy]

The council didn’t hire the performer a charity did

Redbridge Libraries acknowledged the lapse in judgement and apologized for hosting the performance, but shifted the blame onto the charity Vision. It was they, rather than the borough council, who were responsible for organizing the event, the statement said.

Perhaps update your title LT? Wouldn’t want fake news spread :)

[user104658]

…just out of interest, TS…why is the boy’s younger brother in the class as well…are they step siblings and he’s only slightly younger but the same year group…?….


Sorry if this was clear as mud :joker:. So, my daughter is in a class with the younger sister of the 14 year old girl, and the younger brother of the 14 year old boy, who are involved in a “more serious” case of multiple pictures being sent and other harassment (police involvement etc.) and this has caused some issues within my daughters class as 1) the whole class is aware of what went on and 2) obviously the boy is backing his brother, the girl backing her sister etc.

It’s unrelated to the picture my daughters friend was sent (by a boy their age) and the general inappropriateness of dick pic “threats”. There’s been a tonne of other stuff with the boys - discussion of (hardcore, often niche) porn, descriptions of porn they’ve seen, mimicking scenes and… err… dialogue? Also some incidents of inappropriate touching (boys using physical games to grope, basically) although that part at least was nipped in the bud.

The rest of it, the school has handled abysmally, I could honestly write an entire thread just in that. My daughter has obviously finished there now and my younger daughter is at another primary school, so we thankfully no longer have any direct involvement with the school, but they have been frankly shocking on various fronts. The head teacher has left as of this summer too, but I’m quite tempted to email the school next term to tell them what’s gone on this year, along with the messages and videos that I have saved, just so that they’re aware. There’s every chance the culture will persist with the current batch of older kids. Hopefully the new head will be more receptive than the one who is leaving - who wanted nothing to do with any of it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The council didn’t hire the performer a charity did



Perhaps update your title LT? Wouldn’t want fake news spread :)

Its not my title it belongs to the DM

"A full investigation has also been launched by the council to get to the bottom of how taxpayers' money was used to hire the actors. "

[Ammi]

…I did read about the charity…(…I think it’s in the DM link…)…but wasn’t sure if it was this cancelled gig or another one ….

…it is strange though…(…because iI’m not aware of him but a few seconds google said that he was a ‘right wing comedian’….and that the charity represents learning disabilities…?….and they ‘promote inclusivity and provide safe spaces for everyone’…so the choice they made in him always seemed quite incompatible even without what has led up to this….

…why is the smallest bit of research not done….just silly and could have avoided the choice in the first place…

[Smithy]

Its not my title it belongs to the DM

"A full investigation has also been launched by the council to get to the bottom of how taxpayers' money was used to hire the actors. "

Oh wow it’s almost like the DM used a title like that knowing it’ll get the gammon upset!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh wow it’s almost like the DM used a title like that knowing it’ll get the gammon upset!

If every parent in the UK is who you mean by gammon I guess you are right

:thumbs:

[Ammi]

Sorry if this was clear as mud :joker:. So, my daughter is in a class with the younger sister of the 14 year old girl, and the younger brother of the 14 year old boy, who are involved in a “more serious” case of multiple pictures being sent and other harassment (police involvement etc.) and this has caused some issues within my daughters class as 1) the whole class is aware of what went on and 2) obviously the boy is backing his brother, the girl backing her sister etc.

It’s unrelated to the picture my daughters friend was sent (by a boy their age) and the general inappropriateness of dick pic “threats”. There’s been a tonne of other stuff with the boys - discussion of (hardcore, often niche) porn, descriptions of porn they’ve seen, mimicking scenes and… err… dialogue? Also some incidents of inappropriate touching (boys using physical games to grope, basically) although that part at least was nipped in the bud.

The rest of it, the school has handled abysmally, I could honestly write an entire thread just in that. My daughter has obviously finished there now and my younger daughter is at another primary school, so we thankfully no longer have any direct involvement with the school, but they have been frankly shocking on various fronts. The head teacher has left as of this summer too, but I’m quite tempted to email the school next term to tell them what’s gone on this year, along with the messages and videos that I have saved, just so that they’re aware. There’s every chance the culture will persist with the current batch of older kids. Hopefully the new head will be more receptive than the one who is leaving - who wanted nothing to do with any of it.


…yeah this all sounds like a very severe situation and I’m not surprised there is police involvement …I would imagine there is lots of involvement from other social services as well…I mean, what is this child being exposed to as well, there could be layers of victims here….I’m sorry that her school have let her and her peers down and let you down too…there’ll be a formal complaints procedure which should be on the website …I would firstly email a governor or some governors …it is something that the school has to stamp down on for the future and especially if there isn’t a history of handling it well….even with any other services involved, you as a parent should have felt more confident for the safety of your child….

[Tom4784]

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[bots]

i don't think the story is fake news, the title might be sensationalist/ inaccurate, but that's hardly something new. The story itself appears to be genuine

[Crimson Dynamo]

and it gets worse - we have video


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would really love a detailed breakdown of the commissioning process whereby Redbridge council commissioned the Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey as a means to teach children to read. <a href="https://t.co/RfVA42fLyv">pic.twitter.com/RfVA42fLyv</a></p>&mdash; Janice Turner (@VictoriaPeckham) <a href="https://twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1414186491836784642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[user104658]

…yeah this all sounds like a very severe situation and I’m not surprised there is police involvement …I would imagine there is lots of involvement from other social services as well…I mean, what is this child being exposed to as well, there could be layers of victims here….I’m sorry that her school have let her and her peers down and let you down too…there’ll be a formal complaints procedure which should be on the website …I would firstly email a governor or some governors …it is something that the school has to stamp down on for the future and especially if there isn’t a history of handling it well….even with any other services involved, you as a parent should have felt more confident for the safety of your child….


We are considering a formal complaint against the previous headteacher… there’s other stuff as well that wasn’t addressed properly and was completely ignored by her under the excuse of “things are difficult with Covid situation”. Which I appreciate but some of them should not have been ignored. To give two examples, a less-wealthy kid in the class mentioning that they don’t have a table to do homework at, and the teacher (a temporary substitute) saying “well do it on whatever old banana box you have lying around then” - head teacher didn’t want to hear it. Also my daughter about 6 months ago expressed that she likes girls, decided to share with the class, heartening to say all of the kids (bar one) were totally supportive (and a few other came out) but the teacher… sigh… caught wind of this, took her aside, and asked her if we (her parents) and “the school” was “Ok with her expressing this to other kids”. Again the head teacher was not interested in addressing it.

Then there was another incident with that one kid who was “not ok” with people being gay - he was generally bullying a few kids, both in class and online, my daughter one day was like “guys we don’t have to put up with this you know” and they all started standing up for themselves. The kid went off sick, and then his mum contacted the school, naming my daughter as the instigator of everyone bullying this kid, with a social media screenshot of her calling him a bully and a perve. Head teacher contacted us with a very stern email. I emailed back countless screenshots of this kid talking about dick pics, and a link to his TikTok account which was packed with literally hundreds of videos of homophobia and aggressive misogyny.

Never got a reply

I’m quite annoyed about it all Ammi :joker:

[user104658]

and it gets worse - we have video


&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;I would really love a detailed breakdown of the commissioning process whereby Redbridge council commissioned the Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey as a means to teach children to read. &lt;a href="https://t.co/RfVA42fLyv"&gt;pic.twitter.com/RfVA42fLyv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Janice Turner (@VictoriaPeckham) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1414186491836784642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;July 11, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;


LT did you know that the character is not a creation of woke lefties but is in fact a right wing comedian taking the piss out of LGBT/race/trans issues?

That’s usually right up your street, what’s the problem?

[Nicky91]

''rainbow dildo butt monkey''


it just rolls off the tongue :laugh3: this gets even more hilarious

[Niamh.]

We are considering a formal complaint against the previous headteacher… there’s other stuff as well that wasn’t addressed properly and was completely ignored by her under the excuse of “things are difficult with Covid situation”. Which I appreciate but some of them should not have been ignored. To give two examples, a less-wealthy kid in the class mentioning that they don’t have a table to do homework at, and the teacher (a temporary substitute) saying “well do it on whatever old banana box you have lying around then” - head teacher didn’t want to hear it. Also my daughter about 6 months ago expressed that she likes girls, decided to share with the class, heartening to say all of the kids (bar one) were totally supportive (and a few other came out) but the teacher… sigh… caught wind of this, took her aside, and asked her if we (her parents) and “the school” was “Ok with her expressing this to other kids”. Again the head teacher was not interested in addressing it.

Then there was another incident with that one kid who was “not ok” with people being gay - he was generally bullying a few kids, both in class and online, my daughter one day was like “guys we don’t have to put up with this you know” and they all started standing up for themselves. The kid went off sick, and then his mum contacted the school, naming my daughter as the instigator of everyone bullying this kid, with a social media screenshot of her calling him a bully and a perve. Head teacher contacted us with a very stern email. I emailed back countless screenshots of this kid talking about dick pics, and a link to his TikTok account which was packed with literally hundreds of videos of homophobia and aggressive misogyny.

Never got a reply

I’m quite annoyed about it all Ammi :joker:

Oh I wouldn't have been able to let that one go, I'd be up at the school

[Crimson Dynamo]

LT did you know that the character is not a creation of woke lefties but is in fact a right wing comedian taking the piss out of LGBT/race/trans issues?

That’s usually right up your street, what’s the problem?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We apologise for the offence caused while raising awareness of the reading campaign by Redbridge Libraries on 10 July. We never intended to offend residents. We respect everyone's individual opinion with no offence to any part. Actions are being taken, more information to follow.</p>&mdash; Mandinga Arts (@Mandinga_Arts1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mandinga_Arts1/status/1414308700823695372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Ammi]

We are considering a formal complaint against the previous headteacher… there’s other stuff as well that wasn’t addressed properly and was completely ignored by her under the excuse of “things are difficult with Covid situation”. Which I appreciate but some of them should not have been ignored. To give two examples, a less-wealthy kid in the class mentioning that they don’t have a table to do homework at, and the teacher (a temporary substitute) saying “well do it on whatever old banana box you have lying around then” - head teacher didn’t want to hear it. Also my daughter about 6 months ago expressed that she likes girls, decided to share with the class, heartening to say all of the kids (bar one) were totally supportive (and a few other came out) but the teacher… sigh… caught wind of this, took her aside, and asked her if we (her parents) and “the school” was “Ok with her expressing this to other kids”. Again the head teacher was not interested in addressing it.

Then there was another incident with that one kid who was “not ok” with people being gay - he was generally bullying a few kids, both in class and online, my daughter one day was like “guys we don’t have to put up with this you know” and they all started standing up for themselves. The kid went off sick, and then his mum contacted the school, naming my daughter as the instigator of everyone bullying this kid, with a social media screenshot of her calling him a bully and a perve. Head teacher contacted us with a very stern email. I emailed back countless screenshots of this kid talking about dick pics, and a link to his TikTok account which was packed with literally hundreds of videos of homophobia and aggressive misogyny.

Never got a reply

I’m quite annoyed about it all Ammi :joker:


…yeah I can understand your annoyance completely, the head teacher sounds quite awful and just either unable to or unwilling to address and handle situations in the ‘right way’ to avoid them escalating into something else and something really worrying for parents…’things are difficult…’…as a headteacher, she knows the difficulties with these sensitive issues and those difficulties aren’t COVID related, even if it has meant extra layers of challenges….schools stayed open as much as they could because they’re very used to dealing with ‘difficult and challenging’ ad a matter of normality…as a parent of two children, you know that…you know the ‘difficult and challenge’ of children…there may be safeguarding issues within the family of the boy and that could already be something that police and social services have extensive knowledge of …but for you, your issue is your daughter and her safely only and that’s so understandable….

…it’s always really difficult because I obviously can’t say any specifics and there’ll be so much confidential information as well in the things that you’re saying….but just zooming forward to your last point and the parent naming your daughter and screenshotting something…that’s obviously extremely serious and absolutely a police matter for her to have done that….I don’t know if the head teacher has gone to another school or a position entirely outside of education…but I would definitely look at a further complaint as it could become a repeated concern for other parents in the future…and having that paper trail now is important….

[Ammi]

…write it all out TS and ask for a copy of the school complaints procedure…this is all something there should be awareness of for any future employer and position with this headteacher…it sounds horrific and that she’s let you all down hugely…

[Niamh.]

Also TS, good on your daughter for not taking that **** from that boy and for giving the people he was picking on the courage to stand up for themselves too :love:

[Tom4784]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

going to be debated on Talk radio in a moment

0RyMprgYjJY

[Cherie]

LT did you know that the character is not a creation of woke lefties but is in fact a right wing comedian taking the piss out of LGBT/race/trans issues?

That’s usually right up your street, what’s the problem?

so someone uploaded this video and didn't see an issue :laugh: it gets worse

[Ammi]

…in all seriousness, why are the media putting ‘Labour’ in the headline….that’s the craziest thing and the most irrelevant aspect of headlined information with the many other reasons why this is all so inappropriate for children….the seat of the council is way down on the list ….

[Crimson Dynamo]

…in all seriousness, why are the media putting ‘Labour’ in the headline….that’s the craziest thing and the most irrelevant aspect of headlined information with the many other reasons why this is all so inappropriate for children….the seat of the council is way down on the list ….

from the article:

The Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council in
east London set up the event but the library has since apologised for the
'inappropriate' costume.

A full investigation has also been launched by the council to get to the bottom
of how taxpayers' money was used to hire the actors.

[Ammi]

…I’m still not sure why you gave that information, LT or why it being a Labour council seat was relevant to be put in the media headlines by so many when the story is about inappropriateness for children….


…but so far as I can see, this particular summer reading challenge is partnered with the Arts Council England, which is National Lottery/Government funded organisation and the booking was made by the library…it being a Labour seat is irrelevant, it’s an inappropriate booking which the library have apologised for because they made the booking and the local council aren’t funding it…the Art Council is apparently….

[Ammi]

…it’s not ‘taxpayers’ money, it’s National lottery donations…as often is the case, the media like to give political slants when they aren’t there ….and feed the bank of outrage culture….

[Crimson Dynamo]

…I’m still not sure why you gave that information, LT or why it being a Labour council seat was relevant to be put in the media headlines by so many when the story is about inappropriateness for children….


…but so far as I can see, this particular summer reading challenge is partnered with the Arts Council England, which is National Lottery/Government funded organisation and the booking was made by the library…it being a Labour seat is irrelevant, it’s an inappropriate booking which the library have apologised for because they made the booking and the local council aren’t funding it…the Art Council is apparently….

Id email the journalist if you are confused:


It was part of the Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council in East London.

james.somper@the-sun.co.uk

[Ammi]

Id email the journalist if you are confused:


It was part of the Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council in East London.

james.somper@the-sun.co.uk

…it’s ok, I checked the website directly…they’re a little step ahead of The Sun in the accuracy of their reporting …

https://media.giphy.com/media/MuHJcSI9ySLsrNo59Q/giphy.gif

[Beso]

Sorry if this was clear as mud :joker:. So, my daughter is in a class with the younger sister of the 14 year old girl, and the younger brother of the 14 year old boy, who are involved in a “more serious” case of multiple pictures being sent and other harassment (police involvement etc.) and this has caused some issues within my daughters class as 1) the whole class is aware of what went on and 2) obviously the boy is backing his brother, the girl backing her sister etc.

It’s unrelated to the picture my daughters friend was sent (by a boy their age) and the general inappropriateness of dick pic “threats”. There’s been a tonne of other stuff with the boys - discussion of (hardcore, often niche) porn, descriptions of porn they’ve seen, mimicking scenes and… err… dialogue? Also some incidents of inappropriate touching (boys using physical games to grope, basically) although that part at least was nipped in the bud.

The rest of it, the school has handled abysmally, I could honestly write an entire thread just in that. My daughter has obviously finished there now and my younger daughter is at another primary school, so we thankfully no longer have any direct involvement with the school, but they have been frankly shocking on various fronts. The head teacher has left as of this summer too, but I’m quite tempted to email the school next term to tell them what’s gone on this year, along with the messages and videos that I have saved, just so that they’re aware. There’s every chance the culture will persist with the current batch of older kids. Hopefully the new head will be more receptive than the one who is leaving - who wanted nothing to do with any of it.




One must wonder if any of this would have happened had her school banned mobile phones.:smug:

[user104658]

One must wonder if any of this would have happened had her school banned mobile phones.:smug:


:shrug: the incident with the two teenagers didn’t occur in school, and the incident with my daughters friend, the kid who sent it doesn’t even go to their school at all… and that girl doesn’t actually take her phone to school at all. I don’t think having them in school makes a difference really.

You could make an argument for “maybe they shouldn’t have phones at all” but they’re going to have them at some point, and in my opinion, it’s better for them to learn how to be responsible and navigate these situations early and while they’re young enough to get guidance with it, rather than being lobbed in at the deep end in their later teens.

[Beso]

:shrug: the incident with the two teenagers didn’t occur in school, and the incident with my daughters friend, the kid who sent it doesn’t even go to their school at all… and that girl doesn’t actually take her phone to school at all. I don’t think having them in school makes a difference really.

You could make an argument for “maybe they shouldn’t have phones at all” but they’re going to have them at some point, and in my opinion, it’s better for them to learn how to be responsible and navigate these situations early and while they’re young enough to get guidance with it, rather than being lobbed in at the deep end in their later teens.


Thanks for the response.:blush:

Phones eh..powerful tools..:eek: