Teacher exposing breast.

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This sounds bizarre and I think it is really. Dsd is in year 6 and they are having the sex ed programme. Anyway, this week it was all about pregnancy and birth. The teacher has just returned from maternity leave and imo went into way too much detail for 10 and 11 year olds(discussing stitches etc. dsd was very intrigued, arriving home with a lot of questions!!) but most astonishingly showed them her breast to explain how the baby feeds. Now this is nothing new to dsd per se who has seen me bf all year but I was amazed. Dh wanted to go in and complain today and I received a couple of phone calls asking me to sign a petition "We think that this teacher needs further training etc." Quite moderate in tone really. AIBU or was this teacher totally wrong?

Oh Good Lord.

Just had the most horrifying vision of Mr Lincoln the biology teacher displaying his ginger balls.

FioFio - instant dismissal

Go lie down Boco!

Neither is it going to traumatise them for life.
Lots of things makes kids minds wander from the subject in hand. Textbook lessons for example.

Nope babybore, exposing a breast (for whatever intended reason) crosses the professional line

The relationship is very particular between children and their teachers

It is one of extreme trust

I couldn't send my child to school if I thought she would see teachers random body parts

Her PE teacher has a separate changing room for example

My youngest is 9 and I can just imagine her and her friends running out out of school going "GUESS WHAT???" "YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY!!!". And the whole class exploding with laughter trying to tell their parents. Apart from one or two. There's always one or two.

I bet the teacher is just SO regretting it now

I have an 11yr old and would be really uncomfortable with a teacher who did that. I also have a 6mth old that i am bf and have bf her in fromt of a nursery class when asked with no problem at all. Taking a breast out is VERY different from demonstrating breastfeeding. If she'd had her baby and was feeding her, I think I would have been fine with that - in fact i would encourage it. But to just take her breast out in fromt of a class of hormonally charged boys seems very odd indeed.

God no. It wouldn't traumatise them. Far from it...

I hope that everyone who wants this woman sacked makes as much of a song and dance about the lads' mags showing surgically altered boobs at children's eye level in the local newsagents.

But of course breasts are not sexual organs.

Indeed, I have found many a business meeting lightened by my demonstrating my lactating skills, handily saving my colleagues from the long journey back to the kitchen every time we want to refresh out coffees, but find that the milk jug is empty.

I can only imagine the conversations going on round dining rooms tonight as this teacher's class explain to mum and dad what their day's lessons involved! Wonder how many of those children are not believed at first mentioning it.

I can choose not to go to a newsagents, my child must listen in class. It is a captive audience.

I do agree that I wouldn't be bothered at all if she had breastfed in front of them - although I probably would have expected to know it was going to happen.

Cam - maybe you're right about the trust thing. I don't necessarily think something like that would break it but you have a point.

The poor woman, she sounds as if she's just had a blissful time immersing herself in new baby and breastfeeding, and she's had to go back to work a bit hormonal and has taken a while to get back into her work mindset and been a bit inappropriate without thinking. I can see why there would be a bit of a fuss, but I hope it's all forgiven and forgotten.

I wouldn't sign a petition, I would be supportive to her. As long as she's not actually persistently inappropriate or worrying you in any other way.

What kind of school is it, where children call teachers by first name? Surely not an English state school?

Kids don't need to be desensitised to seeing naked adult bodies at school - it's a parents job.

My kids know all about this kind of thing as we are very open with them.

But i do not expect teachers at school to do this.

A very naiive and silly thing to do.

janni - yes, i am quite active on that front, i think it comes from being bought up a rabid feminist, i hate the way young children are exposed to soft porn, the sexualisation of young girls etc.

i also have NO PROBLEM with mothers breast feeding ANYWHERE - the teacher DID NOT have her baby with her in class though!

i say again to DEMONSTRATE breast feeding (which should be promoted during sex ed) you need a BABY to demonstrate with!

I agree Jesus- I wouldn't mind if she had actually breastfed, but exposing her naked breast seems pointless and a bit strange

Have only skimmed the thread.

The teacher shouldn't have showed the class her breast but neither should there be a petition.

One of my db's teachers got sacked (amongst other things) for being very obviously bra-less at Parents Evening.

Sacked for being bra-less! Am flabbergasted! There's no law saying you have to wear one...

Am guessing she was wearing a see-through top?

I don't want her to get the sack but it will be inevitable.

if you saw my old history teacher without a bra you would ahve sacked her

ohhhhh scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!