I don't see it as grooming. Were your nieces grooming you? Of course not. They were having a good time with their uncle. Same thing with this situation. A 3-year old isn't doing this because he's confused. He's doing this because it's fun and funny, and very interesting that this liquid turns his fingers to funny colors. To read more into that is to rob the kid of that innocence - just as it would rob your nieces of something important if you thought they were trying to groom you.
Well it's bad babysitting then. If they gave me a Sharpie and I came home with permanent marker war paint on my face my parents would be pissed. The daycare worker doesn't know if they had family photos that day. What if your daughter came home after using scissors to give herself a haircut? Maybe the teacher told her she's butch, maybe she wasn't watching her close enough but it's bad babysitting regardless.
I don't see it as grooming. Were your nieces grooming you? Of course not. They were having a good time with their uncle. Same thing with this situation. A 3-year old isn't doing this because he's confused. He's doing this because it's fun and funny, and very interesting that this liquid turns his fingers to funny colors. To read more into that is to rob the kid of that innocence - just as it would rob your nieces of something important if you thought they were trying to groom you.
Well it's bad babysitting then. If they gave me a Sharpie and I came home with permanent marker war paint on my face my parents would be pissed. The daycare worker doesn't know if they had family photos that day. What if your daughter came home after using scissors to give herself a haircut? Maybe the teacher told her she's butch, maybe she wasn't watching her close enough but it's bad babysitting regardless.