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In reply to the discussion: Kaitlyn Hunt's mother under attack by bloggers who say 'Free Kate' is all lies [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,060 posts)They are two high school kids who had a relationship that became sexual. I don't think it was appropriate for them to be sexually involved - but also I would not have thought it was appropriate 108 days earlier, or a year earlier, or two years earlier - when it would have been perfectly legal. There are lots of decisions teenagers make which are not good for them. I don't think criminalizing what is, unfortunately, normal teenage behavior is a good thing.
And, FWIW, I was a high school teacher for 11 years and my own child is well past her teenage years. So I know quite a bit about teenagers. Teenagers are going to rebel against all sorts of rules imposed on them, and enforcing the rules does - in many instances - make them rebel more. My issue is going after someone else's child rather than parenting their own child.