Shutting out parents is one of maybe two tactics of child predators and molesters: This is our little secret, your parents don’t need to know because they don’t want you to have fun; and, if you say anything, your parents will be killed.
It’s a start toward that end.
Or a pedo predator can always try the Joe Biden method of molestation.
Do it right out on stage in front of cameras so that millions of people can see.