Has anyone flat out asked the girl why she does this? If anyone has touched her or asked her to touch them? She might just surprise everyone by answering.

Having been abused I walked a very fine line with my kids. I wanted them to be safe but not paranoid. Frankly I don't know how I did it. When we returned to my home town for a visit, the man that molested me is still running loose and I pointed him out to my daughter and told her never to be alone with him. (It's hard because he latched on to my uncle).

My uncle lives in this area but has a vacation home in our hometown. He loves my daughter to death, and would call out when she walked by to come and visit, if Philip was there, she would tell him that she couldn't. He was very angry with me and said that there's no way in hell he'd ever let Philip harm her. I pointed out that Philip was my father's best friend and my father certainly didn't give him permission. It did affect their relationship in the long run, and I'm sorry for that, but if he was willing to have a known child molester in his home, my daughter wasn't going to be his next victim.

I really feel for your friend and I hope she finds answers soon.