Last week Charlotte came home with a note to the parents about an “incident” at her school. Apparently two school aged children from the after school program were caught in the bathroom together. At the request of one of the parents, the police were called and both students were suspended pending an investigation.

OK.

Now I am not sure exactly what the note is implying.

Charlotte goes to private Montessori. Its a very small school, has a pretty strict lock down policy and the teachers are on top of the kids all the time. Its literally only a  2 room building and its open everywhere, separated only by a partition wall. I know they have an after school program, that I believe brings in children form the public schools, but not when Charlotte is in attendance.

Since its in investigation, I am sure we wont be getting solid answers. The way I read it is that one kid is accused of molesting another kid.

Which of course puts me on some major edge.

So we sat down and had a serious talk with Charlotte. Its so hard to get a 5 year old, specifically one obsessed with her own nipples, to be serious about private parts. I talked to her about who is allowed to touch her and how or why and we even practiced how to yell NO if someone tries to touch you.

Is there any advice out there that anyone can give me in talking with such a young child about this? She is barely 5, so this has to be really confusing to her.

~Trisha