It's also the job of the caregiving adults to step in and shield their CHILDREN from situations they aren't emotionally developed enough to handle yet.
Oh yeah. I forgot, your parents taught you everything you need to know to be an autonomous adult by age 7.
Smkie did a wonderful job stepping in for Hyia, because she is an amazing parent who gives a ****.
ETA: Children are conditioned
specifically to trust and obey adults in authority positions (like the councilor) regardless of how uncomfortable it makes them feel. It's a pretty huge stretch to assume that a 12 year old will have the maturity to recognize that this person in authority is doing something inappropriate and call them out on it
as it's happening.
Maybe if it was a stranger, but not someone they're used to obeying. That's why child molesters are generally someone the kids know well and it's not usually a total stranger. The kids are less likely to call a familiar authority figure out. (NOT saying this guy is a molester, just that's how the dynamic works as far as speaking out against an adult's behavior).