Masturbation: Touchy subject

By Juliet Brown, Nursery World, 26 October 2000

Understanding the reasons why children masturbate is important if you are going to respond sensitively and appropriately to the issue, says Juliet Brown

Understanding the reasons why children masturbate is important if you are going to respond sensitively and appropriately to the issue, says Juliet Brown Most adults feel uncomfortable at the sight of children masturbating. Since we don't want to make children ashamed of their genitals or guilty about their pleasure in them, when we see a child masturbating, what should we do? To decide how best to respond, it helps to know something about the normal development of...

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