Though “adult-like” sexual experimentation among children can be a sign that a child is a victim of sexual abuse and so should be taken seriously, sexual experimentation among children and adolescents of the same gender and age can also be quite normal.7 And yet, Chloe was immediately shamed by her parents for it, and her parents were immediately shamed by the larger community.
She was quite young to be exposed to it, but I have heard this more than once.
