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Normative behavior
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The following sections describe typical culturally-normed behavior among developed Western societies.
[edit] Early childhood
From the ages of three to seven, the following behaviors are normal among children:- Children are curious about where babies come from.[28]
- Children may explore other children's and adults' bodies out of curiosity.[28]
- By age four, children may show significant attachment to the opposite-sex parent.[28]
- Children begin to have a sense of learned modesty and of the differences between private and public behaviors.[28]
- For some children, genital touching increases, especially when they are tired or upset.[28]
[edit] Early school age
Early school age covers approximately ages five to seven.Children become more aware of gender differences, and tend to choose same-sex friends and playmates, even disparaging the opposite sex.[29] Children may drop their close attachment to their opposite-sex parent and become more attached to their same-sex parent.[28]
During this time, children, especially girls, show increased awareness of social norms regarding sex, nudity, and privacy.[30] Children may use sexual terms to test adult reaction.[28] "Bathroom humor" (jokes and conversation relating to excretory functions), present in earlier stages, continues.[31]
Masturbation continues to be common.[28][31]
[edit] Middle childhood
"Middle childhood" covers the ages from about six to eleven, depending on the methodology and the behavior being studied, individual development varies considerably.As this stage progresses, the choices of children picking same-sex friends becomes more marked and extending to disparagement of the opposite sex.[32]
[edit] Sex play among siblings
In 1980, a survey of 796 undergraduates, 15 percent of females and 10 percent of males reported some form of sexual experience involving a sibling; most of these fell short of actual intercourse. Approximately one quarter of these experiences were described as abusive or exploitative.[33] A 1989 paper reported the results of a questionnaire with responses from 526 undergraduate college students in which 17 percent of the respondents stated that they had preadolescent sexual experiences with a siblinghttp://www.tellinitlikeitis.net/2009/03/the-sexualization-of-children-and-adolescents-epidemic.html
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