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Care and Feeding: My wife is freaking out over an 11-year-old boy drawing dicks on a neighbor’s driveway

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54% Informative
An 11-year-old boy drew dicks on a neighbor's driveway with sidewalk chalk.
His parents caught the prank on a security camera, and he was punished for it.
His wife has convinced herself he needs to see a counselor to be educated about sexual harassment.
Your wife is having an outsized reaction, but in the era of zero -tolerance policies, take what happened seriously.
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Informative language
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Neutral language
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Article tone
informal
Language
English
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31
Offensive language
offensive
Hate speech
possibly hateful
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