Boy, 4, 'sexually abused up to 15 children' at his kindergarten - but staff did nothing because it was 'developmentally normal behaviour'
The mother says she spoke to staff at the school after being made aware of the situation but was told it was under control and the boy was being monitored.
'I went to work and received a call about 2.30pm saying my child was hysterical and the teacher was unable to calm him down and there had been another incident,' she said.
'What my child disclosed has haunted our family ever since.'
The mother claims the 'perpetrator' or his family isn't the issue. Instead, they blame the education department for not handling the situation properly.
It comes after 200 people attended a meeting in the regional town last month to discuss 'child-on-child abuse', which experts say is inspired by the increased availability of online pornography.
Freda Briggs, emeritus professor in Child Development, recently made a submission to the Senate on the impact online pornography is having on school aged children.
She cited the chilling case involving the four-year-old boy who now requires constant adult supervision at school..
The boy allegedly sexually assaulted a number of other children in his kindergarten class last year both at school and in after-school care, which Professor Briggs claims was dismissed by staff despite being re-enacted by other students.
'The staff allegedly ignored anal and oral sex accompanied by threats and secrecy, dismissing it as 'normal developmentally appropriate behaviour',' Professor Briggs wrote.
She said the young victims involved were removed from the kindergarten while the school was forced to hire a full-time minder for the student involved at 'considerable cost to the tax payer'.
The parents of the young victims, who were forced to enrol in a kindergarten 240 kilometres away, urged the school to expel the perpetrator until he was deemed safe by a therapist but manger from the Department of Education said he could not force the boy's parents to get him treatment.
The South Australian Department for Education and Child Development said that the incident was being investigated by senior staff who have also been working closely with the families involved.
'The department treats inappropriate sexualised behaviours with the utmost seriousness and any incidents of this kind are investigated and managed directly by senior staff,' the spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
'The welfare of the children remains our priority. The department will continue to offer support to them and the broader community on an ongoing basis.'
The spokesperson said the department has been working with Professor Briggs who endorses the state mandated child protection curriculum that is undertaken by students in each year level up to year ten.
While many would like to consider this an isolated incident, Professor Briggs has warned that this type of behaviour is 'typical of what is happening elsewhere'.
- Boy, 4, sexually abused 'up to 15 students' at South Australian school
- Mother of a victim claims the Education Department ignored complaints
- She claims school staff failed to recognise boy's behaviour as abusive
- Boy now requires a full-time minder to stop him assaulting other students
The mother says she spoke to staff at the school after being made aware of the situation but was told it was under control and the boy was being monitored.
'I went to work and received a call about 2.30pm saying my child was hysterical and the teacher was unable to calm him down and there had been another incident,' she said.
'What my child disclosed has haunted our family ever since.'
The mother claims the 'perpetrator' or his family isn't the issue. Instead, they blame the education department for not handling the situation properly.
It comes after 200 people attended a meeting in the regional town last month to discuss 'child-on-child abuse', which experts say is inspired by the increased availability of online pornography.
Freda Briggs, emeritus professor in Child Development, recently made a submission to the Senate on the impact online pornography is having on school aged children.
She cited the chilling case involving the four-year-old boy who now requires constant adult supervision at school..
The boy allegedly sexually assaulted a number of other children in his kindergarten class last year both at school and in after-school care, which Professor Briggs claims was dismissed by staff despite being re-enacted by other students.
'The staff allegedly ignored anal and oral sex accompanied by threats and secrecy, dismissing it as 'normal developmentally appropriate behaviour',' Professor Briggs wrote.
She said the young victims involved were removed from the kindergarten while the school was forced to hire a full-time minder for the student involved at 'considerable cost to the tax payer'.
The parents of the young victims, who were forced to enrol in a kindergarten 240 kilometres away, urged the school to expel the perpetrator until he was deemed safe by a therapist but manger from the Department of Education said he could not force the boy's parents to get him treatment.
The South Australian Department for Education and Child Development said that the incident was being investigated by senior staff who have also been working closely with the families involved.
'The department treats inappropriate sexualised behaviours with the utmost seriousness and any incidents of this kind are investigated and managed directly by senior staff,' the spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
'The welfare of the children remains our priority. The department will continue to offer support to them and the broader community on an ongoing basis.'
The spokesperson said the department has been working with Professor Briggs who endorses the state mandated child protection curriculum that is undertaken by students in each year level up to year ten.
While many would like to consider this an isolated incident, Professor Briggs has warned that this type of behaviour is 'typical of what is happening elsewhere'.
Nah, i mean shyt.....maybe
