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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread troubles me somewhat.

As a former victim of child molestation and a former prosecutor who saw plenty of child sexual abuse cases I’m very sensitive to the issues.

However I have a lovely 12 year old niece who delights in being tickled and in tickle ‘wars,’ and she has engaged in tickling behavior with her 27 year old male cousin and her other 16 year old autistic male cousin many times, and I would never give a second thought to the appropriateness of this behavior. Her father and uncles also tickle her. So does her mom, her aunt, her grandmother, her female cousins, and me (another auntie).

I think our lens can get weird in this society, even when weirdness is not on display at all. In the abstract there is nothing wrong with 9 year old and 15 year old cousins horsing around, including poking and tickling. Ask her if she’s okay with it and if she is, I think no harm no foul.

Clearly others think differently. But then teachers can’t hug students in many schools anymore. That’s just how we are now, I guess.[/quote]

Seems your niece encourages the tickling from everyone at any time. That’s not the case here. [/quote]

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