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[quote=Anonymous]I still remember getting a gentle but firm talking to because I had drawn a picture and captioned it "Jeff's Butt and Weiner". Jeff was our neighbor who moved away when I was in first grade, so I know we were really little when it happened, and it's one of my earliest memories. My parents were laid-back and understood developmentally normal behavior, but I sort of innately knew that there was shame associated with it (otherwise, why mention it? I drew stuff all the time). Jeff and I were same-age playmates, but I wasn't told until I was older that he had some learning difficulties, so perhaps the parents were concerned that he didn't fully understand or was following along rather than an active participant.

I'm glad my mother didn't ignore it, but tread lightly. Sexual curiousity and experimentation is so so common and normal. I engaged in lots of same sex and opposite sex "looking and touching". I think it becomes a problem when it goes beyond that or if one child is being coerced or if there is a big developmental or age gap. It is all so context dependent. So yes, it's normal, for preschoolers especially, to be obsessed with genitals. The best we can do is supervise, emphasize bodily autonomy, and not freak out when experimentation does happen.

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