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Caught Your Kid Masturbating?
Here's what to do and what to say -- because how you react matters.
By Lisa Zamosky WebMD Magazine - Feature
Reviewed by Louanne Cole Weston, PhD
While catching up over coffee in her kitchen recently, my friend and I were interrupted by a peculiar noise neither of us initially recognized. Our eyes eventually locked onto her 4-year-old son, who was rubbing himself and moaning with pleasure. My friend's face turned bright red. She was both embarrassed and caught off guard.
"Do kids normally start masturbating this young?" she sheepishly asked.
Yes, says David Swanson, PsyD, a child and family psychologist practicing in Los Angeles and author of HELP -- My Kid Is Driving Me Crazy: The 17 Ways Kids Manipulate Their Parents, and What You Can Do About It. Masturbation is a very natural and healthy part of childhood. "It's the beginning of a lifelong learning experience about their bodies and, later, about sex and sexuality," Swanson says.
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