At what age.. hmmmm... I think you are going after the wrong data.

If you were never taught some things, then you might never "know" at what age you should or shouldn't know some things.

I agree with your T. A child is generally innocent in thinking. You are making an excuse for the older child who led you away. We don't know the background of that child... that it wasn't an adult makes it even more impossible for you to declare that you , as a child, should have known better... we never suspect things that are about to happen unless it's happened before and we recall it.

A child is unable to discern many things... even well into teen years... which is one reason the law still calls us children until age 18, at least.

One thing, I think, that you might be battling... correct me if I'm wrong... but consider this: if you take some responsibility for what happened to you, then you feel more in control about it (even though you disagree with what decision you made then.) By having to realize that you COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, well, this shows how vulnerable you really were, and how you had NO control (then nor now) about what happened. It's a bad feeling.

You are not to blame. A child cannot cognitively understand and make such immense decisions... chldren usually operate on what a parent has told them, not on discermment. ("Don't talk to strangers." " You must wait for me to pick you up after school." etc.)

Feel better.