A hard situation, need advice

[Sandbox Sally]

Horrible situation, paz!

I honestly don't think anyone did anything wrong here. Mind you, if it was my daughter, I would likely have gone to the daycare provider first. I don't think anyone had anything in mind except to protect the child. It's just sad that we have so many deviants in this world that we even HAVE to take everything a child says so seriously.

Having said that, I am not sure I'd be able to continue with the family, either. There are too many hurt feelings now.

A little bit of a moot point to this situation, but to anyone who thinks that a child who brings up sexual abuse in a context such as this must be being fooled with, this simply isn't true. A child who has been talked to about "privacy parts" could easily have had a dream where someone was touching them without ever having anything happen by anyone. The cases you have to look out for are the ones where the child has inappropriate knowledge of sex acts, or acts out sexual situations that a child should not be privy to.

Of course, if my child (or anyone else's) came to me and said anything about sexual misconduct, I'd definitely be looking into it pronto. I'm just saying that a small child isn't always necessarily telling things how they really are.