Can children instigate sexual relationships? Why would this happen? Am I not remembering something?

I (trans woman) had a similar fixation on breasts as a small child from what my mom has told me, which from what I understand, is pretty normal. They’re a comfort thing for babies. It’s when adults encourage and sexualize inappropriate behavior as a normal relationship model that it’s abuse. My grandmother was an untreated narcissist, and would intentionally get naked around me for ‘sexual’ attention when I was a toddler. She would also grab my downstairs parts every time I had to change or bathe and say “that’s mine”. She would make up ridiculous, gibberish words for things, so when I tried to tell people, it didn’t make any sense, and she always played it off as me, a toddler, initiating sexual behavior, as if that somehow makes sense or is okay.

/r/CPTSD Thread