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What do you mean by “masturbation”?

The focus of this article: Pre-pubescent boys (10 and Under)
Join now to personalize. Should I talk to her about it or ignore it??? Answer this question. Toddlers masturbate for the same reason that older children do: It feels good! Learn how to handle it. The BabyCenter Editorial Team. Some of these answers are just wrong.
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What brings it on, and how concerned should I be about a sudden constant desire to engage in the behavior? When a parent catches a boy playing with his ears, questions may arise about ear infections. Why do we have these complex and powerful feelings? Most children begin to explore their genitals at about the same time they begin to look more like little boys and girls than like babies. Just when we are beginning to adjust to their not being babies anymore, we are confronted with the sight of our little boy fondling his erection or our little girl moving her hips up and down on top of her pillow with a glazed look in her eyes. How jarring! A glimpse, a foreshadowing, of our little ones as sexually mature adolescents is superimposed on our image of them as innocent babies — and all of this resonates with our complicated feelings about our own sexuality and innocence. No wonder this can elicit such concern! If we take a step back, though, we can see that it makes sense that kids would want to explore their own bodies.
Masturbation, for many boys, is something they will experiment with in their lives—at least a few times, if not habitually. As for teen boys, it is very common. With something that is so common for boys, it is good for parents to have a response about. How do we plan for conversations about it? How should we talk to young boys about masturbation? For the record, yes, I know women and girls masturbate, and yes, daughters should receive education about this as well. My next article will address boys who are more likely to be capable of lustful fantasy, but this article will focus squarely on pre-pubescent boys and how to talk to young boys about masturbation. Several independent studies confirm that the average age of first sexual attraction is just over 10 years old , with first sexual fantasies starting between 11 and However, whenever he would have sex with her, he always pulled out of her to deliberately avoid pregnancy. While it is true God called this a great evil Genesis , this is not the act of solo masturbation by any stretch.