What's To Blame When Children Sexually Offend?

[annared]

What's to blame when children sexually offend?

"A dozen boys between 6 and 8 years old allegedly pinned down an 8-year-old classmate during recess at their St. Louis elementary school, and kissed and fondled her", according to published report

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/st ... SFeeds0312

"For many kids, they're seeing movies and things on the Internet and hearing conversations of a sexual nature that leave them curious," he said. "And so that some small group of kids would choose to try something like this is not shocking"

And then goes on to say

"My thought, having worked in this area for a long time, is if you see a child who has sexual behavior problems or sexually offends under the age of 12, you're almost always looking at a child with a trauma history of some kind — abuse, neglect, domestic violence," Seifert said, adding, "If he glanced in a room and saw pornography for five minutes, it may not be enough of a risk factor. But if you add up the other factors, the risk goes up."

[MaddyH]

This is violence being engrained in male children toward females from the crib. Who is to blame? The parents for not protecting their children from the images, for not talking about this as a form of violence. For accepting it as simply "boys will be boys." If this does not show parents the negative affects of porn or over-sexuallization of girls, boys, and women, what will? Then again I wonder if the people who frequent strip clubs, porn shops, and prostitutes, or those who beat their wives and children are actually reading these types of articles. I doubt even if they did, they would identify with the connection between the violent act and the porn/sexual exploitation. In fact they may not even see this as a violent act... as the person said - she thinks this boils down to curiosity, not a sexual violence. The problem here is being minimized by the supposed professional, what a suprise.

[MaddyH]

That poor little girl.

[annared]

"And so that some small group of kids would choose to try something like this is not shocking"

and as Maddy said:

"as the person said - she thinks this boils down to curiosity, not a sexual violence. The problem here is being minimized by the supposed professional, what a suprise"

I hope i haven't taken the professionals view out of context, it just dosen't sit right with me. What is "not shocking"? The world we live in, or "boys will be boys" or whatever?