But I remember, from a very young age, having discussions with my sisters when Grandpa would visit, about how Grandpa was creepy, and having to strategize how to not look “rude.”

If he’d actually wanted to do anything to us, there was no social mechanism to stop him, because he, an elder, was deemed to have more rights than me. So I very strongly believe that letting kids make their own choices is in fact the best way to protect them.

Ohhhh I had these same conversations with my cousins about one of my grandmother’s friends.