THOSE PARENTS SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT THE SWIM PARTY ENTAILED AND ASKED YOUR PERMISSION BEFORE INVITING MIKE TO REMOVE HIS CLOTHES.ĭon't prevent Mike from seeing his friend, but have the boy come to your house instead of the other way around. We then talked to the police about it, but they say if there is no sexual contact between the adult and the boys, no law has been broken.ĭEAR ALL WET ACCUSING THE FATHER OF CHILD ABUSE WAS AN OVERREACTION, BUT WE AGREE THAT IT IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN ADULT MALE TO ENCOURAGE 13-YEAR-OLD BOYS TO SWIM NAKED WITH HIM. She says her husband and son swim nude all the time and there's nothing indecent about it. Later, I called the mother, and we had it out on the phone.
When I found out what went on, I hit the roof. The mother apparently went out shopping, and the father convinced the boys to join him in the pool, naked. It seems the boys had been skinny-dipping. However, when my husband picked Mike up later, he noticed his bathing suit was completely dry, although his hair was wet. I talked to the mother, who seemed nice, and she promised that the party would be well-supervised. WE RECENTLY MOVED TO THIS AREA AND WERE PLEASED THAT MIKE HAD MADE NEW FRIENDS. DEAR ANNIE A FEW WEEKS AGO, OUR 13-YEAR-OLD SON, 'MIKE,' WAS INVITED TO A BIRTHDAY SWIM PARTY AT THE HOME OF A CLASSMATE.
