Monkey See, Monkey Do

Today I read about a little boy who left his school and molested a girl his age  in the toilet of a nearby school.  I was aghast at this, especially because I know that these kinds of situations are happening more and more often.
I wondered, "how would a five-year old  know about such things?" If I asked most people this question, the first answer that they would give is "they probably were molested themselves." And this would be true. Maybe this child was molested by someone that he knew and trusted. Like the woman I spoke about in yesterday's post, maybe he was confused about how he felt when that person hurt him. The molestation may have opened feelings that he did not understand. Soon, he began to do the same things to other kids.
Another reason that I would give for that "small man's" attitude is the fact that he may have seen adults and/or older children having sex, and may have wanted to try it. Or maybe he saw adult movies on cable.  Knowing the kinds of adult channels that are readily available for viewing, is it any wonder that young children are able to watch these shows?
This brings me to the whole situation. What will the authorities do with such a situation? As someone trained in counseling, I think that the authorities should look into that little boy's family life to see if indeed there is any sexual abuse occurring in it. As the Sunday school song goes, "be careful little eyes (ears)Of course, both children will have to be counseled.  I wish that they could have been taught biblical principles that would help them get over the pain and torment of this act. Because, believe you me, this one act will spark off consequences that I believe that only God and His Son , the Lord Jesus Christ, can fix.

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and  when he is he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22: 6 (KJV)