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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.my little girl went through a phase where she was obsessed with 'tails'
she would sit and list all her friends and relatives that had one, (daddys got a tail,grandads got a tail etc etc) she would knock on the bathroom door to ask daddy if she could look at his tail when he was in the bath. (naturally he said no!)
she was amazed that men stand up to pee and dont have to sit down like ladies!!
its just curiosity, all part of growing up and learning. try not to worry.
Sexual development and sexual play are natural and healthy processes in children, from toddlers through childhood and into adolescence. For infants and toddlers, this usually involves body sensations, cuddling and touch, and playing with toys. Even in the earliest of days, babies and toddlers touch and rub their own genitals, and even as infants boys experience erections. By early school age (5-7), children are interested in body parts and functions. Some sexual play may begin, and concepts of love and affection begin to develop, evolving into behaviors and questions that continue developing into later childhood (8-9 years old).
It is important to distinguish between age appropriate and age inappropriate sexual behaviors. Many children engage in sexual behaviors and show sexual interests throughout their entire childhood, even though they have not yet reached puberty. However, normative (or expected) sexual behaviors are usually not overtly sexual, are more exploratory and playful in nature, do not show a preoccupation with sexual interactions, and are not hostile, aggressive, or hurtful to self or others.
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