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[quote=Anonymous]4yr old should not be outside of a fenced yard unsupervised. If  the 4yr old is with a sibling, this is your wake up call that the sibling is not old enough yet to be responsible for a 4yr old.

Kids should never go in someone’s house without you knowing. If my kids transition from outside play to inside play, an adult at the other house texts me or I text them if I have their kids. My kids know which houses they are allowed in and which they are not.

This kid has issues. Issues that are not his fault and not his parents fault, but issues that impact your kids all the same. Maybe the touching is just more acting out, maybe the kid is being sexually abused. You have no way of knowing what is true and what is the parents’ spin on it. I would go further than not letting my kids play with this child. I would not let my child around the adults in that household in case the kid is being sexually abused. I feel bad for this kid and that he is becoming the neighborhood pariah, but your duty as a parent is to protect your kid and his parents duty is to get their kid help.

FWIW we have a kid a bit like this in the neighborhood and his parents totally know about and acknowledge his challenges. Because they don’t want him to be a pariah, they closely supervise him and suggest activities or games that they anticipate will be successful. They watch him like a hawk and remove him before anyone gets hurt. He’s 9 now and has real friends and has made huge strides. When they were 6 my kid was terrified of him. It makes me sad that the kid in your neighborhood is not getting the emotional and social support he needs. [/quote]

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