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Your story is similar to mine with my son. He was caught in school touching a little girl innapropriately... this was at a private school with super conservative parents. When I picked him up that day, the teacher was frantic about what had happened. Word spread immediately throughout the school and the next day my 5 yr old kindergartener was labeled. As I (and my husband) delved into what exactly happened, it so happened that he was bragging to the little girl that he had spiderman underwear and she was bragging she had Dora the Explorer underwear. This prompted him to reach under her skirt and see if she was telling the truth. Nothing more than that!
More often than not, the adults freak out more than needed and the child carries the stigma. We did talk to a counselor just in case and his response was that if the child is "exploring" with children their own age then don't worry about it. However, if the child does anything to another child considerably younger, then seek help/intervention.
Your little boy sounds normal to me.
Maria
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