I had an situation yesterday, that I was completely unprepared and unsure how to respond to this, especially in my school where Sex Ed is not allowed.
I had a student, age 13, come in and tell me she had her first sexual experience with her boyfriend of 16. And that they didn't use a condom and she was happy she had her period.
The only thing I told her is that she needs to be careful on these things and she needs to tell her parents or our dean of students, because of pregnancy and the age of consent, use protection and such. She didn't want to because she was afraid she would get in trouble.
She left and I was in lost on what to do, do I report it to my dean of students, do I call CPS? I searched on the age of consent and I saw the laws and this situation got worse because of her age.
I told my dean of students, who in all honestly didn't know what to do about this issue because she never had this issue before, so we had to call our central office and they told us we need to tell the parents and inform the child what we're doing.
Now I'm going to have to talk to her with the DoS and explain to her why I'm doing this, even thought she told me in confidence.
Before we go on this topic, Texas Law has a lot of things, including the Romeo and Juliet Clause, but even though, they are 3 years apart, she is still considered a minor and such a minor here in 13 years old, and below that age is considered statutory rape and other things that can make more harm than good. As well I am in a Public Charter School.
I'm not sure how to approach this at all, these kids come talk to me because we have a counselor who only comes once a week and it's mostly for issues that she is told about like suicide or other things. Most of the things I'm told are "I like this boy" or "This girl is so mean" and I tell my DoS about it because she handles these issues, but now this?
What do I do? What should I do?
Edit: I was told I don't need to be in this meeting, and apparently mother is coming to come talk to our DoS with the child.
