This boy is only 10 years old

Adults have no business having sex with children. Perhaps 100 years ago and more, 13 and 14 year old children were getting married and starting families, and perhaps arguments could be made that with how much more "aware" or "advanced" or "grown up" 13 and 14 year old children are today they should be allowed to make sexual decisions of their own, but 10 years old is practically prepubescent.

10 years old is too young by any stretch of the imagination.

Rotten individual....no excuses!

This woman doesn't seem to have a real good grasp on the fact that what she's doing is wrong.

Having been arrested once, she resumes contact? Restitution or amends will need to be made for what she's done to the boys psyche. However, I don't think a long prison term is the answer - unless you just want to punish her. And I'm sure the court will do a good job with that.

What she needs is a psychiatrist. This woman has lost track of what's important.

If a 40 year old man had sexual relationship with a 10 year old girl would anyone ever say a long prison term is not the answer he needs psychiatrist?

fifty years sounds good to me

wtf???? this woman is a child molester and a half

And yet, they are probably numerous people that would say, So what's the big deal? We live in an amoral society, where that those things we once considered evil we consider good, and those things which were once good are now considered evil. There is so much hypocrisy here, it's sad. Yes, I am disgusted by this, and was shocked that a 10 year old......?? What will this be like when he grows up? but the way things are going, in 5 or 10 years more years, we will have laws that protect this sort of perverse behavior. I think you can count on that.

hey, a new guest for Oprah!!!

Excuse me, is the trial over?

Sheesh. This is just so annoying. People are convicted by the media and a bunch of sheeple.

EW ! Twisted sick ***** . If I were that boys' mom ....

I agree that this woman seems to not understand that what she is doing is wrong. No matter what the court does, she continues to make contact with the boy. The article states the boy is 10, but I thought he was older than that. It really doesn't matter, if he is a minor, she is wrong, but one could "maybe" understand if the boy was 17 or 18 but at 10, he hasn't gone through puberty. Motherfortruth you said if a 40 year old man had relations with a 10 year old girl he would not get prison but he would get psychiatric care, I'm sure this teacher is getting some kind of psychiatric care but she has violated court rulings over and over again, this is why she is in prison, not because of the initial contact. If you remember she was admonished and told to never have contact, but she persisted. If a man, over 18 had contact with a 10 year old girl and had sexual relations it would be statutory rape which would mean jail time and possibly not any psychiatric care. This woman is a pedophile and should be exactly where she is.

kiltedandfree, you misunderstood my comment I will try to explain my point. When comes to crime men and women are not treated equally. Women are frequently viewed as victims even when they commit horrible crimes. As in this case, some people view this 40 year old woman as mentally ill who needs psychiatric help. My point is if the genders where reversed and it was a 40 year old men (instead of a 40 year old women) having sexual relations with a 10 year old girl (instead of in this case 10 year old boy) no one would comment about the man as mentally ill. He would be called abuser, rapist and pedophile. The media and many in our society do not want to view a woman as abuser, rapist and pedophile. Men and women commit crimes. Women abuse and kill their children but there is always some excuse for woman’s actions but not man’s. Media and our justice system downplay crimes committed by women with compassion and leniency but men are always demonized.

"And yet, they are probably numerous people that would say, So what's the big deal? We live in an amoral society, where that those things we once considered evil we consider good, and those things which were once good are now considered evil. There is so much hypocrisy here, it's sad. Yes, I am disgusted by this, and was shocked that a 10 year old......?? What will this be like when he grows up? but the way things are going, in 5 or 10 years more years, we will have laws that protect this sort of perverse behavior. I think you can count on that."

I don't see ANYBODY saying that. I don't hear ANYONE saying 'whatsa big deal". And I SERIOUSLY doubt there will ever be a law to protect child molesters and child abusers. SHAME ON YOU. Shame Shame Shame on you for posting such bile, you ought to be ASHAMED of yourself for putting out there this suggestion that that the country has turned in a new direction toward such lawlessness. I Dont Care who you think you are. SHAME!