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Required age for sexual abuse

My question is if a 6 or 7 year old has anal and oral sex with her 10 or 11 year old cousin is that sexual abuse on the older cousin's part?


This discussion is related to 11 Year Old Son and Sexual Curiousity With 7 Year Old Sister.
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Sadly...Yes... Its a CRIME...my 2 nieces were staying with me while their parents went to Hawaii...for 3 weeks...the kids were 6&7... I had put my kids to bed in their rooms...& snuggled the other 2 girls in to my bed...when I tiptoed in the room to use my bathroom...the younger girl had her hands in her cousins crotch area...I was LIVID....& especially after their parents weren't the least bit concerned....when I contacted them..."blah blah blah....something about curiosity ".... NOPE...not when they have the SAME parts....what's to be curious about... Well I moved them to opposite sides of my bed...while I stayed in the center... The next morning...I drove everyone to school...and went directly to the D.A.s office...his legal assistant told me...age has no bearing...sexual assault...is sexual assault...regardless of age....or gender...
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ummm yea that is rong in so many different ways for one they r both way to young to even kbno about that stuff and where in the hell is that boy learning that stuff? someone needs to look at his parents and give them a talken too
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I know someone whose cousin did that to them and another person/people. imagine linving with the guilt of that for the rest of your life plus its incest.
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1089726 tn?1385159575
yes it is. a child at that age should NOT know about that type of stuff and it should not be acted upon. i would talk to the other parent and let them know what happend. from there i would make a police report. too many times parents avoid going to the police and sexual abuse continues.
this needs to be reported so that is does not happen to another child.
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1006035 tn?1485575897
yeah me too. I just watched an episode of Law and Order SVU about this and I think that even children understand when they are hurting someone. Even my 3 year old does! I don't think they deserve to go to jail but like I said earlier there should be drastic consequences.
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1072551 tn?1258203266
what2do I know your question wasnt directed to me but I do believe a lot of cases of sexual abuse have to do with power.
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What do you think about an 8 year old boy cousin doing this with his 4 year old boy cousin? I seem to be the only one out of 4 parents who thinks this is a sexual power thing rather than a sex thing which in and of itself is wrong.
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1006035 tn?1485575897
Sarah is right, that is sexual abuse. By 10 you know right from wrong and you shouldn't do that. Now, that doesn't mean I wouldn't try them as an adult in court, but there should be drastic consequences.
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1072551 tn?1258203266
Yes no matter what age the culprit is it is sexual abuse to do those things with a child even if they are a child themselves.
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