I personally was a victim of sexual assault ( once when I was 10 and once when I was 11) - both were non-family boys I knew, and it was a matter of groping with one, and rubbing another. For the groping boy, the school took immediate action and moved him to the other side of the room, in between two other boys. He never bothered me again.

The second boy, he was always in and out of town visiting family. I never spoke about it - because no one told me about appropriate and inappropriate touching as a kid - I had to figure it out. I sometimes wonder how at such a young age this one boy, was so forward with his actions (kissing and rubbing, he even knew about the porn channels!)...was he a victim himself? I don't know.

I'm not condoning Josh's behavior at all, however in this case I wonder if these boys was sexually curious and normal, or both had experiences in their past which caused such sexual mindsets at such young ages.

I wonder if this family, because there is a push for homeschooling, and no social experiences outside of the home...is Josh the same as those boys I know?

What is a healthy age for sexual curiosity and what age isnt? What I can tell you is, that healthy or not its wrong to do this to a 5yo sister or not, as well as a family member of any age.

With Josh, this was 100% assault on his sisters (and the sitter)....all which make it worse.

I also think calling him a pedophile is a little koo-koo, he isn't 25, and doing it to a minor.

Also as pious Christians, throwing out so much hate through the years, they also caused this media attack - we were just all waiting for the skeletons to come out