It made for sensational headlines and enormous heartache in a town in Georgia. Three small girls claimed a schoolteacher had molested them during a sleepover.
But the children's testimony was inconsistent--and one had played the character of a sex abuse victim in a stage production. Their parents also had a falling out with the teacher, perhaps coloring their response to what the girls had to say.
Ultimately, however, the teacher was acquitted.
So, how can parents separate reality from fantasy?
In the Family Spotlight, Eboni Baugh, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Family Life at U-F, shares with TV 20's David Snyder how parents talk to their children about their privacy...and at what age.