Summer Nelson, 28-Year-Old Babysitter, Arrested For Sex With 14-Year-Old Boy (VIDEO)

A 28-year-old woman, Summer Nelson, has been arrested for having sex with a 14-year-old boy who she was babysitting. Nelson claimed to be in love with the teen, and told his siblings that she was "in love" with their brother. She even went so far as to ask the boy's mother for her blessing so they could be "together as a couple."

According to KXLY.com, Sergeant Dave Beck, a detective with the Post Falls Police Department, said,

She'd be holding his hand, she'd have her hands on his side, when they'd sit together she'd have her hand on his knee, they'd sneak away together and she'd put her sole attention on the oldest child, this boy.

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[alexis d]

Aaand ctd...

The fact that she spoke to the mother about it actually says to me that she was quite sincere, and I find criminalizing her and holding her up for public ridicule far, far more monstrous than simply acting on a mildly inappropriate mutual attraction. Yes, that's all I think it is. Mildly inappropriate.

Again, the point is, sexuality doesn't work just within the incredibly narrow narrative we've created for it in our society. In the Victorian era, men were so horrified about inflicting sex on their wives that they went to prostitutes to satisfy themselves, and vibrators were invented so that doctors could use them to get the wives off as treatment for "hysteria.­" Seriously. Look it up. We've got to get over our denial about sexuality and quit telling ourselves ridiculous fairy tales about what's "right" and "wrong."

[alexis d]

The first time I had sex was at age six, with a six year old girl who had heard about it somewhere, and we decided we'd try it together. It was pretty awesome and kind of sweet. And that's just one of a number of positive sexual experiences I had as a child with kids my own age. Child psychologists say these are actually fairly common.

To the extent that I'm a sexually healthy adult, I'd say those childhood sexual experiences were a lot more helpful than any of the messages I got about sex from parents & other adults, which ranged from useless to worse than useless. The point is, sexuality doesn't work just within the incredibly narrow narrative we've created for it in our society.

The 14 year old boy is going to be far more traumatized by all this media hyperventilating and the attention around it, and by his lady being put through the wringer, than by the sex itself, which, if we're being remotely realisitic about 14 year old boys, most likely felt like winning the lottery to him.

To the people assuming that the baby sitter must be some kind of bunny-boiling freak- sure, it's possible, but I don't think it's any more likely than had they both been legal adults. It's not like after 18, sex never causes any problems.

[VoodooDoll]

6?????????????? I find that hard to believe,but---- most guys like to tell that story

[alexis d]

Serious. I wouldn't make something like that up.

[A Guinness]

The anchor and his guest are hired actors, right?

"It's a disorder; it's a sickness, and there are links to other mental disorders, such as, um...psych­opathology­."

I see. Psychopathology is the STUDY of mental disorders, not a disorder itself.

Good grief...

[alexis d]

Haha, yeah, this whole clip was preposterous. I would be laughing harder if what they were doing to that 14 year old boy and his lady friend wasn't so monstrous and abusive.

[sviolette]

Why does a 14 year old need a babysitter? At 14 you should be able to take care of yourself. I had a job when I was 15. when I was 14 I was mowing lawns and doing odd jobs in the neighborhood. I had money in my pocket and was responsible enough to make sure I had food in my belly.

[farseer]

A few days ago there was an op-ed in the NY Times which alleged sexism against a female academic mom who had left her kids at the store and gone home for a nap. One commenter noted that in some states a 12-year-old can legally look after younger children alone at home. If that's so, then yes, you have to ask why does a 14-year-old who is at home, need a babysitter? Not only that, but it seems to me I've seen cases where responsible kids of 12 or 13 acted as babysitters in homes not their own.

[ayisha]

these kinds of events in the news should (but never do) prompt a broader conversation of how we treat teens in our culture. until (relatively) recently, sexual maturity equaled adulthood. teens were expected to conduct themselves as adults and to take on the responsibilities of adulthood - and they did it successfully! now, we have established this arbitrary age of 18 as the demarcation of adulthood, and continue to treat sexually mature individuals as though they were small children, then we marvel at the frustration they display in response. i am not advocating marrying off all the 14 year-olds, just suggesting that we may need to restructure that long span of time in which we attempt to hold them in suspended animation.

maybe...re­consider how we go about the education process from high school upwards. maybe...ma­king the experience more meaningful and relevant to the broader society, as opposed to years of memorizing garbage that will never be relevant in the real world. maybe...if you're old enough to vote and go to war, you can decide what you want to drink. maybe....i­nstead of telling teens that sex in inherently wrong, then waiting for them to go chasing after it, we can teach them about respect and responsibility to self and potential partners. maybe if we treated them more responsibly, they'd act the part. maybe...

[BLBass]

Finally, someone who understands what the conversation should be about! It's not the sex, it's not the age difference, it's not the law, it's not developmental psychology; it's the personhood of our youth. I am young enough to remember how it felt to always be one more milestone away from "counting" as a whole person, with the bar always ratcheting higher when the last target was reached. It's an easy lesson to forget when faced with the responsibility of parenthood, I'm sure, but it's one we forget at our children's peril. Treating all children with respect requires treating our older children more like adults than we currently do.

[yodaveg]

I think it's more about coercion. A person in authority--a teacher, minister, police officer, babysitter, even a superior at work--who has sexual relations with a person in his or her charge, even if it is consensual, is in some way taking advantage. In some cases, as in this one, it's criminal.

Because we view sex as something men "take" and women "give," it's considered somehow less abusive--and more newsworthy--when the woman is the abuser. But how in reality is it different?

[Waltfl]

I was such a lucky bastard. I was 14, she was 24, and a child psychiatrist. Happened at a summer camp. I filled my Mom in 2 years ago (I am 42 now), and she was shocked at first. Then she reconsidered, and said, "I always thought you came back so much more grown up from that camp".

[alexis d]

Haha, awesome. Lucky you.

[Trueheart]

I wonder if the child psychiatrist is still practicing­....and how many little boys she helped to grow up?
Your mother wouldn't have been so tolerant if you told her when you were 14.

[Waltfl]

No, back then my Mom would have freaked, and I would have probably been on TV as a victim, and that poor woman would have been in jail. That's why I waited 25 years to tell her. But then, times were different back then.

[samjung23]

That was illegal in so many ways. If that woman got caught, she would have been so screwed. You're not even supposed to be having a relationship with your patients as a psychiatrist. What was she thinking?

[Scoot2711]

A child psychiatrist at 24?? A psychiatrist is an M.D. She would have had to complete college, four years of medical school, plus another 3 - 4 years of medical residency in order to be a practicing psychiatrist. Even a practicing psychologist would have to have completed 5 - 6 years of doctoral work beyond college. Either your memory of camp glory days is faulty, or you were taken for a ride -- in more ways than one.

[Waltfl]

I don't remember what her exact academic status back then was, when it happened, May be she was an intern. I met her 10 years later again, when I was in College. She was very embarrassed and tried to talk to me. She actually told me that I had witnessed her most embarrassing moment in life. I told her it was OK, which it was.

The answer the other question, yes, she still works in that field. A couple of years ago I was in my hometown, and saw a newspaper article about her, with photo. She is a leading expert in dyslexia treatment. I do know how she caries her job out today, I only know she cured my insecurities within 5 minutes.

[Brautigan]

This is wierd. I had a babysitter named Summer when I was 13 or 14. She was like 19 I think, and she put the moves on me, we had a little fun. Honestly, I wish my "victimhood" didn't end so soon!

[CaptainVideo]

Some guys have all the luck. I'll bet most males will be envious of this lucky kid.

[getalong]

It doesn't matter if it's a 28 year old man with a 14 year old girl, or a 28 year old woman with a 14 year old boy.

Pedophilia is pedophilia.
And it is wrong.

[nexus2089]

lawlz he probably wasnt saying no

[getalong]

Doesn't matter.

He's still a minor, and it's still illegal (and should be).

I mean, if a 12 year old girl doesn't say no, it's still rape.
This case shouldn't be any different.

[ZenJu]

That is simply a word, one parrotted in our culture regardless of the unique nature of each circumstance. Read what I wrote about Will and Ariel Durant, happily married for decades--he was a 28 year old teacher, she a 14 year old student when they met. So much for your facile "labels." Humans, whatever our wishes and preferences for "wouldn't it be pretty to think so" world, are NOT all the same---nor are their relationships. If my son or daughter, at 14 or 15 or 16, had met a kind, gentle, loving, compassionate older man or woman, they would have my support and protection­...and to hell with the prejudices and stupidity of society. I'd much prefer that, than that their only choices be limited to their sometimes clueless "peers" as dictated by whatever "authority" says so.

[Ohioliberal]

where was these women when I was 14??

[VoodooDoll]

It's called a "vivid imagination"

[Foxnewsisajoke]

Why couldn't she have been my babysitter? Why.

[SeattleCharles]

Golly, gee, how horrible. I mean . . . .

[marcain]

When I was 14 my mom's 26 year old married friend seduced me. I was tall for my age and she flirted with me a lot. Weirdly, my mom later said to me near the time it happened; that she had a dream that Kristin seduced me. My eyes got big but I just smiled and said nothing. The point being is that this never affected me psychologically in a negative way.

[HCB7562002]

hmmmmmmmm - are you sure?

[marcain]

Yes.

[Hirnlego]

"Behind bars" - "good". Should news actually try to be more objective?
Less commenting, more facts please.

[getalong]

Fair enough... but this is pedophilia we're talking about.

I mean, if a murder was caught and the anchor said "good," I don't think there really should be a problem with that.

[leopoldmozart]

I was jarred by that too. In fact, the anchor's outrage sounded forced and fake to me. Although the affair started when the boy was 14, he's 16 now. I doubt if very many of the male viewing audience shared the anchor's total spitting screaming vomiting horror over this.

[marred]

Niccccccccccce :)