[mll24242]

I know of an 8 year old child who has videotaped herself french kissing her pet dog. This has me completely at a loss for words. I'm sincerely worried about this little girl. Why would she have done this? How does the parent handle this situation? Nothing has been said to the child yet because am worried about approaching this matter in the wrong way. Lime I said this is totally shocking to our system. What would be the best way to handle and approach this situation? Why would a child do this? This can't be something that a healthy child would do. Any way any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated on this matter. We just discovered the video in her phone last night and we want to handle this in a positive, healthy matter. We don't want to over react but we don't want to underrated eother. Thanks

[Thunder Bow]

She may get a good case of Canine Tapeworm. She is doing this to get negative attention. She may be feeling lonely and angry.

[StarGazingFish]

i dont know,perhaps she feels a connection to her dog in that way,her understanding of relationships may be disturbed,there could be issues like abuse you just never know.

[Skeezyks]

Hello mll24242: The child probably saw something of this sort somewhere, perhaps on TV or in a movie, etc. Children are inquisitive & impressionable. So she decided to try it out on her dog. Of course there are potential health concerns here. So she needs to be instructed that this is not a healthy thing to do. But beyond that, from my perspective, it is important not to make a big deal out of this! Over-reacting, shaming her, could well do more harm than good. If you know the child's parents you might tactfully mention what you know to them, in case they're not aware of it. But, really, it's important, in my opinion, to handle a situation like this delicately & not over-react. Please try to avoid being shocked...

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[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by mll24242

I know of an 8 year old child who has videotaped herself french kissing her pet dog. This has me completely at a loss for words. I'm sincerely worried about this little girl. Why would she have done this? How does the parent handle this situation? Nothing has been said to the child yet because am worried about approaching this matter in the wrong way. Lime I said this is totally shocking to our system. What would be the best way to handle and approach this situation? Why would a child do this? This can't be something that a healthy child would do. Any way any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated on this matter. We just discovered the video in her phone last night and we want to handle this in a positive, healthy matter. We don't want to over react but we don't want to underrated eother. Thanks

children and teens learn /experiment with french kissing in may different ways some kiss a mirror others their pillows/ toys/ some their pets, and some get really bold and play spin the bottle with their friends. some even do so because they were dared, double dared, triple dared by by their friends to french kiss something or someone they wouldnt normally do so and video tape it for proof. my point.. yea it may sound offensive to some but some things like french kissing ones pets and video taping it is sometimes completely normal...

since you are not the parents Im wondering why you were going through this childs cell phone. in some locations doing this with out the parents permission is called a cyber crime.

my suggestion if you feel this is not in normal exploration and such then tell the parents and let them deal with this. since you are not the parent theres nothing else for you to do other than maybe not going through this childs cell