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A second grader who has a problem controlling masturbation during class time at school.
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by Konstance McCaffree: ()
If he is not responding to your suggestion to keep his masturbating behavior private (and you can suggest to him that he do it at home in his room) then it may be important to talk with his parents on how they manage it at home. If he is only doing it in school, then it is important to look at what is happening at school to stress him.
Very often, a child who continues to masturbate is responding due to stress, and the masturbation is comforting to him. If he is willing to be "reprimanded" for doing it in school, then it is an important stress reliever for him that even overrides being out of favor with you.
You might also just want to talk with him about class and what stresses him. Usually children who continue to masturbate have reasons, they just can't articulate them. It doesn't indicate anything psychological as much as it indicates stress reduction in many. I don't know that a doctor will be of any help unless he/she is comfortable with sexual issues. So many in our culture are not, and therefore recommend punishment, psychological counseling or reprimand when in actuality the child's reasons may be most important to acknowledge.
Please feel free to write back if you have other qustions.Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology
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