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Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Sexual Development in Children

Publish Date: 
2002
Description: 

This short article discusses the importance of parents and other caregivers to understand what is "normal" sexual development and behavior in children and teenagers, and which behaviors might signal that a child is a victim of sexual abuse, or acting in a sexually aggressive manner towards others. The article also distinguishes between age appropriate and age inappropriate sexual behaviors.

Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Sexual Development in Children [1]

Bibliography: 
Phil Rich, Self Help magazine
Filed under
Child Sexual Assault [2],Research [3]
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Articles [4]

Source URL: http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/articles/recognizing-healthy-and-unhealthy-sexual-development-children?qt-sidebar_qt_2=0

Links:
[1] http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/child_behavior/sexdev.html
[2] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/child-sexual-assault
[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/research
[4] http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/articles