In the first case at least, I think it might be part of the normal testing of boundaries children do. In second grade there was a boy in my class who would run up to girls from behind and grope their butts. When we girls complained about him to our teacher, she told us to slap him in the face whenever he did this. Which we did (only time I've ever slapped someone!), and he stopped doing it, and grew up to be a productive member of society.
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