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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
6 year old boy repeatedly touching other boys and girls
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
6 year old boy repeatedly touching other boys and girls
by ygm67tx, Jul 25, 2007 12:00AM
My 6 year old nephew has been caught repeatedly touching his cousins and/or neighborhood kids his age or younger than him. He would ask those kids to follow him to a room where he locks them in the room and opens their pants and touches them on their privates and demands that they touch him as well. He makes it clear to them that they are not to tell their parents! That shows me that he knows very well that he is wrong. He is displaying other signs that to me are cause for concern. He also has to repeat first grade! He is very loud and demanding and I worry if the way he is behaving is a reason for concern. Should his parents not take him to get checked? What is your advice?
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Jul 26, 2007 12:00AM
, Jul 26, 2007 12:00AM
This behavior is very troubling, and it is imperative that his parents (a) set a very firm limit about this behavior and (b) arrange an evaluation with a mental health professional right away. If his parents are permitting this behavior, not setting limits around it, and not seeing that professional help is obtained, it would be prudent to file an anonymous report to your local child/family protective service agency. Someone has to take the bull by the horns. It's best if the parents do it, but if they won't the matter should not be ignored.
