'Sex Club' for six-year-olds
 

This is just wild! Age, 6. I have friends who have kids who are 6, a nephew who will be turning 6 soon. I cannot imagine them doing such a thing, mainly because the 6 year olds that I know haven't been exposed to such things as far as their parents have ever explained.

In fact my 5 year old nephew called me and asked me if the battle droids from Star Wars were good guys or bad guys. After answering his question, I asked my sister what he thought of the movies and she said, "Oh no, he's not seen the movies, I won't let him. He only knows of the characters from the toys and tie ins. I won't let him see the movies until he's 8 because it is too violent. Nothing over Y7 for him."

I'm not sure who should be responsible, but ultimately the school's heads will be held responsible.

So how does 6 year old children get exposed to this type of behavior? Why do they emulate it? Because this happened at a school who is ultimately responsible?

I'm surprised this happened in Australia. It seems America's days as the school-sex-scandal superpower are numbered.

one has to ask oneself, where are these children being exposed to what they are trying to emulate?

do they live at home?

is it a boarding school?

is their recreation supervised, whether at home or at school?

hey, this kind of behavior comes from somewhere...

My daughter is about to turn six and I can't imagine her even understanding what this would be about.

I tend to think these boys are being abused as well.

I am right with you, my daughter would have had no idea. I could understand a little innocent exploring of what makes boys and girls different, but this is insane.

there is surprisingly little other information on this shocking occurrence floating about, which is strange.

I think I will have to reserve my opinion for when there is more information.

But it does seem likely that this behaviour is being motivated by something the children have been exposed to, be it directly or indirectly.

The school is at great fault, but I cannot say enough that the details of a child's education are really up to the parents: those that should be the most concerned with every aspect of a child's balanced up-bringing.

But also, even at 6, some kids can be little shits, regardless. I really believe that, yes.

I don't know if I'd say it's a clear indicator of abuse, though it's clearly possible. I remember kids "dating" as early as 1rst grade, and they made out and even fooled around.

Before entering school, parents should always remember to teach children the difference between "good touching" and "bad touching". If children don't have this lesson ingrained, they may not report abuse. They'll think they are in trouble and keep quiet. Things like "you won't be in trouble" are good to include in the conversation to help them understand that you're trying to protect them.

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.

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.

I have to agree with this. I can remember playing "house" in kindergarten. I was the mommy and my "boyfriend" was the daddy. We kissed, we made out, we got naked and humped each other. I'm not quite sure where either one of us learned it, but I can guarantee that I was not abused as a child, nor do I remember ever walking in on my mother having sex.

*shrugs*

There are a lot of younger kids that I could say that I don't think would do this sort of thing. However, there are also the kids that I would still be unsure about. I agree with having to teach kids the good touch bad touch. If just one kid introduces the oral sex as a "fun game," it could spread quickly as just that - a game - until it reaches a child that knows better.

Well, there are obviously lots of news reports - the front page of google gives quite a few hits (this search might be deemed NSFW depending on the nazis in your IT dept, so click with care):

queensland school sex - Google Search