I picked up my daughter from nursery, and on the way home she pulled her pants down in public, turned around and showed me her anus by pulling apart her buttocks. I was shocked so snapped at her to pull her pants up. I apologised straight away and said I had just had a bad day a work. I then calmly asked who taught her to do that, and she said X. She has mentioned X many times before but I always assumed X was a child. So I asked is X a child or a teacher, and she said a teacher. I said is X a man or woman, she said woman. I said where did she teach you that and she said “in the bedroom”, and I said the nursery doesn’t have a bedroom, and she said “they do upstairs”. The nursery is in a large Victorian house, but I’ve never seen the rooms upstairs, so have no idea if this is true or not, but I don’t think nurseries have bedrooms?
Anyway, I said what else did X do and my daughter opened her mouth and stuck her tongue out and began licking her lips round and round. I’ve never seen her do something like that before. She then said X bounced her bum on her leg. I was kneeling down at the time to speak to her and she turned around and sat on one of my legs with her legs either side and bounced on my legs and said “like this”.
My daughter does tell lies, but not like this, this was really strange. She was getting annoyed with my questions so I stopped and called my partner. He phoned the manager straight away but it’s Friday so her phone was off and the nursery was closed, so he sent a message.
I can’t stop thinking about what she has said. I feel like I can’t put her back into that nursery until I find out why she is saying these things? Have your children ever said anything like this? I’m hoping someone says yes and this is all just some kind of mistake. Maybe it’s something strange children say and this is just me being too much and paranoid? What do you think?
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You aren’t being paranoid id definitely rather be safe than sorry. I’d be calling the police if my child said this x

This is incredibly horrifying to read - there’s definitely something going on here - why would you think you were being paranoid? This isn’t normal behaviour for a child at all.

How old? I do not think you are being paranoid and honestly think you should call the police

Up until the bedroom part and the rest, I was like maybe is she just bad at wiping and like a teacher has to tell her to wipe herself dramatically? But that’s weird for her to just… do and then obviously have a whole story
Like no, somethings off here. That’d be a very extravagant lie and I was a huge “story teller as a kid” i definitely wouldn’t be sending her back, maybe after speaking with the manager or something but even then. Somethings fishy here

Not paranoid, believe your child at least for now. I would maybe write down what's she told you to have for a legal report if when you get answers you discover that this was taking place as she's told it to be. Take care of yourself mentally in the meantime, I'm sorry you're going through this. I also hope it's a mistake or something innocent that could be explained but based on this it does sound serious.

I think the 'who taught you that' could be a leading question possibly resulting in a made up answer.
HOWEVER, to then continue with 'the bedroom' and especially the mouth thing too is not normal behaviour and if this isn't from nursery it's from somewhere. I don't think that is just child imagination. It needs reporting asap .
I would be informing the manager and leaving a voicemail on her phone if you have it. Probably also the police or maybe the LADO if you are UK . The manager should also contact the LADO asap.

I would be calling the cops and sending the manager a message that they must call me right away. This was very hard to read 😩 I’m so sorry you’re in this position right now.

How old?

Call police or whatever child services are available in your country and find out how you can get an inspection ordered on the facility. Don't ask the teachers or management first
I forgot to add. she did the pulling her pants down and turning around and parting her cheeks thing a few weeks ago. I was stunned then, but didn’t say anything to her because she was giggling and I just thought it was her trying to get a reaction. But I did mention it to my partner and he said she probably learnt it from one of the children at nursery. Since she started she has been coming home saying things a poo and wee and poo face, things like that because she’s picking it up from other children, so we just thought it was another immature child thing. But now this.

To add, I'm so sorry you are going through this. I can't imagine these were the replies you wanted.
Please reassure her she has done the right thing telling you 😢

My kid has pulled his pants down randomly too once or twice. It stopped when I told him we don't do thst. Poo face etc normal. The rest is not .
Perhaps she has learnt stuff from a child but she said X amd so it needs reporting . Have to take what she said at face value

oh hell no
All of your comments! I was really thinking I was being paranoid, and hoping you were going to say your children had said things like this.

The more I read this , my heart beat faster and faster , I'm mad and scared and sorry and hope hope it's all a lie and her games but it's too much she can't just know all that.…Gooood

i would get her out IMMEDIATELY. if she gave you *that much detail*?? absolutely not

This made me feel sick reading this 😞 you’re not being paranoid at all

My bad, I voted paranoid but I meant to hit you aren’t paranoid. I’d be so freaking concerned!!! Take her out of that place and call the police!!!!

Im sorry you’re going through this. No one should ever have to go through this. I think you should believe your daughter unless proven otherwise. You are her saftey blanket. Nothing about what she did and said sounds normal

I would still call MASH, LADO or police for advice , regardless of what she says

I clicked paranoid but I meant NOT! This is very concerning. This is learned behaviour. Kids do not make these up on the spot. I would go to police immediately and the hospital to have her examined. Report X to the nursery asap and unroll her. Please take this seriously and put aside what you think is inconvenient. Your daughter will remember this and when she’s older if you did nothing to bring her justice and be her voice she will grow resentment.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this, and I’m sending you and your family hugs. You’re not being paranoid, and this needs investigating thoroughly to get to the bottom of it. Until it’s resolved, I absolutely would not send your daughter back there x

Children do not make up these kinds of things. Do not send her back. You should call the police and have this investigated

That is to mcu details call the police!

I would press charges on the school and do a investigation!!! Saying we don't know who it is like just planning to let it slide