I've been teaching for 17 years. NEVER have had a 7th grader with a child. Or any other student. And I teach/direct through HS.
(But I'm sure enough of them were already sexually active. I prefer NOT to think about how many of them.)
I suppose the truly horrifying parts are:
How incredibly YOUNG he looks.
The difference in their ages.
A twelve and a fifteen year old shouldn't even be ACTUAL friends since they are so far apart emotionally, developementally, and in so many other ways.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.