Should this have come out before #MeToo turned our communal attention to the ubiquity of sexual abuse and harassment, the inclusion of this plot line would have been regrettable. But the fact that sexual abuse was ever-so-casually played for laughs in a new children's movie is evidence that this is something we need to directly address with our children -- now. "I don't think I have ever seen a children's movie where [sexual abuse] was this boldly in plain sight." But when it comes to how and when children should touch one another, "there is a lot of gray." Also, parents of children who have expressed interest in the subject should be careful about limiting group exploration.

Source: CNN May 25, 2018 08:37 UTC