Natural and Healthy
This is quite common
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Of Concern
Talk to someone about this
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Seek Professional Help
This may reflect a more serious problem
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Asks about genitals, breasts, intercourse, babies
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Shows fear or anxiety about sexual topics
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Endless questions about sex after curiosity is satisfied. Sexual knowledge too great for age
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Interested in watching/peeking at people doing bathroom functions
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Keeps getting caught watching/peeking at others doing bathroom functions
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Refuses to leave people alone in bathroom
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Uses “dirty” words for bathroom functions, genitals and sex
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Uses “dirty” words with adults after parents consistently says “no,” punishes child, and uses healthy language themselves
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Continues use of “dirty” words even after exclusion from school and activities
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Plays doctor inspecting others’ bodies
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Frequently plays doctor and gets caught after being told “no”
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Forces child to play doctor, or to take off clothes
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Boys and girls are interested in having/birthing a baby
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Boy keeps making believe he is having a baby after month or longer
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Child displays fear or anger about babies or intercourse
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Shows others his/her genitals
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Wants to be nude in public after the parent says “no” and punishes the child
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Refuses to put on clothes. Exposes self in public after many scoldings
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Interest in urination and defecation
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Plays with feces. Purposely urinates outside of toilet bowl
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Repeatedly plays with or smears feces. Purposely urinates on furniture
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Touches/rubs own genitals when going to sleep, when tense, excited or afraid
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Continues to touch/rub genitals after being told “no.” Rubs genitals on furniture or other objects
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Touches/rubs self in public or in private to the exclusion of normal childhood activities. Rubs genitals on people
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Plays house, may simulate roles of mommy and daddy
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Humping other children with clothes on. Imitates sexual behaviour with dolls/stuffed toy
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Humping naked. Intercourse with another child. Forcing sex on other child
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Thinks other gender children are “gross”, or have “cooties”. Chases them
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Uses “dirty” language when other children really complain
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Uses bad language against other child’s family. Hurts other gender children
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Talks about sex with friends. Talks about having a girl/boy friend
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Sex talk gets child in trouble. Romanticises all relationships
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Talks about sex and sexual acts habitually. Repeatedly in trouble with regard to sexual talk
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Wants privacy when in bathroom or changing clothes
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Becomes very upset when observed changing clothes
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Aggressive or fearful in demand for privacy
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Likes to hear and tell “dirty” jokes
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Keeps getting caught telling “dirty” jokes. Makes sexual sounds, e.g. sighs, moans
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Still tells “dirty” jokes even after exclusion from school and activities
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Looks at nude pictures
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Continuous fascination with nude pictures
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Wants to masturbate to nude pictures or display them
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Plays games with same-aged children related to sex and sexuality
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Wants to play games with much younger/older children related to sex and sexuality
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Child or children force others to play sexual games
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Draws genitals on human figures for artistic expression or because figure is being portrayed in the nude
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Draws genitals on some nude figures but not others, or on drawings of clothed people
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Genitals stand out as most prominent feature of drawing. Drawings of intercourse, group sex. Sadism, masochism shown
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Explores differences between males and females
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Confused about male/female differences after all questions have been answered
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Plays male or female roles in sad, angry or aggressive manner. Hates own/other sex
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Takes advantage of opportunity to look at nude people
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Stares/sneaks to stare at nude people, even after having seen many nude people
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Asks people to take off their clothes. Tries to forcibly undress people
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Pretends to be of the opposite gender
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Wants to be of the opposite gender
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Hates being own gender. Hates own genitals
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Wants to compare genitals with peer-aged friends
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Wants to compare genitals with much older or much younger people
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Demands to see genitals, breasts, buttocks of others
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Interest in touching genitals, breasts, buttocks of other same-age child or have child touch his/hers
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Continuously wants to touch genitals, breasts buttocks of other children. Tries to engage in oral, anal or vaginal sex
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Manipulates or forces other child to allow touching of genitals, breasts, buttocks. Forced or mutual oral, anal or vaginal sex
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Kisses familiar adults and children. Allows kisses by familiar adults and children
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French kissing. Talks in sexualized manner with others. Fearful of hugs and kisses by adults. Gets upset with public displays of affection. Kisses unfamiliar adult or child
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Overly familiar with strangers. Talks/acts in a sexualized manner with unknown adults. Physical contact with adult causes excessive agitation to child or adult
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Looks at the genitals, buttocks, breasts of others
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Touches/stares at the genitals, breasts, buttocks of others. Asks others to touch him/her on these parts
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Sneakily and forcibly touches genitals, breasts, buttocks of others. Tries to manipulate others into touching her or him
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Erections
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Continuous erections
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Painful erections
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Puts something in own genitals/rectum for physical sensation, curiosity or exploration
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Puts something in own genitals/rectum frequently or when it feels uncomfortable. Puts something into the genitals/rectum of other child
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Any coercion or force in putting something in genitals/rectum of other child. Causing harm to own or others genitals/rectum
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Interest in breeding behaviour of animals
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Touching genitals of animals
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Sexual behaviour with animals
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