Our four year old daughters recently told us that a friend of theirs, who is in their class at school, had been putting her finger inside our daughters’ vaginas, describing it as the wee willy winky game.
Our immediate thoughts were that we had to intervene, to protect our girls, but also that this is unlikely to be a behaviour which the little girl came up with on her own, and we have concerns about where or from who she learnt it.
I googled who to speak to in this situation, and multiple charity and council websites said contact the police or social services, do not tell the parents.
The parents are good friends of ours and if I speak to the police or social services, it will feel like a betrayal of their friendship.
I am probably the only adult that knows this information, and I know it is my responsibility to act, to protect the kids involved, but the consequences are so big that I don’t know who to speak to. What do I do?