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Originally Posted by ASU2003
I did the innocent exploring of the differences with the neighbor girl when I was between 4 - 6 (only two or three times). But kids of different ages were usually kept separate when I was growing up. And nobody knew what sex was at that age in my school.
I wonder how it will effect them in their lives? Not just the things they did, but the fact they were caught. And how that will be handled. I was caught once with the girl and it wasn't handled the right way at all. I was never allowed to see her again, I was overly supervised, and I became very secretive and untrusting of anyone. I got no practice talking or being friends with girls until high school, and by that time I had no clue what to do.
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That's pretty harsh, branded for life over something that evolved from innocent curiosity. Such a shame really, a talk, an age appropriate explanation from the parents on the differences in gender, but to lock you in like that, I am sorry to hear. The kids in the story however really need some help and I hope that they get it now that the situation has come out in the open.
I know something like this happened in the neighborhood in one of the forts and also in one of the neighbors campers. It helped a great deal that both sets of parents were very good friends and handled it quite well. They simply made those secluded necking spots a forbidden zone, the kids were still allowed to play. I think they were around 4-5 years old then. No harm done.