[Antheia]

Originally Posted by Cookie

nooooooo. you weren't flaming at all xD you merely expressed your view on it. and you were right, just not for this particular age bracket, I think. yeah, it's probably not sexual harassment. I'm not sure that a minor can commit that by legal definition anyway

Yay you agree didn't think I was being uncivil or flaming

Originally Posted by Cookie

It's sexual harassment isn't it?

but you asked? I'm confussed

[VelveteenWolf]

Originally Posted by aubrin

Yay you agree didn't think I was being uncivil or flaming


but you asked? I'm confussed

i thought it over.

[Antheia]

Originally Posted by Cookie

i thought it over.

Oh okay I am officially unconfused

[LaurenTheNerd]

They're just kids

I really don't think they're deliberately doing anything sexual obviously and well, with the little girl "like liking" you I suppose it's just a silly little girl crush xD We've all had them. I had a crush on a boy all the way through primary school and had no sexual attraction to him at all since I didn't know about it.

It's awkward if you're not related to the kids I guess since it seems even less appropriate but being kids they don't see how anything is wrong with it. I bet the younger ones are used to sharing baths with each other and helping to change the little one so pretty much any privacy is out the window for anyone that they're close to. If they're grabbing your bum they're probably doing it because it's the most comfortable height for them to grab you, that and they don't know that it's uncomfortable for you. I've seen toddlers many a time holding onto their mothers' asses just because. xD

Just keep persisting and move them away when they do anything you deem to be inappropriate. They should eventually get the message and maybe if you're there in front of their parents and they do it then they might get told not to by their parents too. It's just their innocence If they knew it was inappropriate they'd be all giggly and tease you about it but if they do it because they're just that comfortable with you then I don't think it's anything to worry about.

[Mana]

I haven't read all the posts, so this might've been said, but it sounds like a classic case of attention seeking. 3 children, relatively close in age, all vying for your attention. As you mentioned their parents are often busy so they probably don't get much attention from them. What sort of activities do you do with them. Try setting up activities you can all do together, balanced with individual time spent with each.

Also, in order to discipline children you don't need to be aggresive. In fact, that's something you want to avoid.