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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have reason to believe that my son was possibly molested by my friend’s son when he was little. This would have been when my son was around 4/5 and her son was 9/10. If anything did happen, I don’t think my son has a conscious memory of it. But I do think it has affected him in many ways and will continue to do so if not addressed. How would I even begin to get to the bottom of this? My son is now 14 and this is a difficult age. I don’t want to traumatize him with something I don’t know is true, but I do feel that we need to know if something happened. How do I even begin to address this?

Yes, my friend does know her son molested other children. She is the one who told me. She didn’t give any indication that my son would have been a victim but might have been trying to give me a heads up. [/quote]

This is a tough one. Im so so sorry, OP.

What are the things you are seeing that makes you think it has affected him in "many ways", while still not being sure it happened? In other words, what have you seen that you have considered might have other causes?

Was your friends son ever held accountable for his actions? Does your son ever mention him? HAS he ever mentioned him? Would he recognize the name if you mentioned it? None of this is a suggestion. Im just asking.

I think if it was me, I might casually ask my teen if he/she remmebers this person and see what the reaction is. If they asked why Im asking, I would say "I was just remembering that person and that something about them seemed odd", or something like that. [b]This is all if I think I could pull off a mention that doesnt turn into a conversation.
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