6 year old son playing

Our son is 6 years old. He has Autisum. The problem we have is that he seemed to find his self privatly, and sexualy. On a daily basis he grabs himself through his pants. After his bath this evening, i applyed loation to his body, while I was waiting for it to dry, he was nude, I noticed he was stroking himself, he had a small erection not fully, but I stopped him, Im just wondering if this behavior is normal, or should I worry that something could be happing to him?

[here4theinfo]

I think this behavior is normal, and honestly, I never know what the right answer is to stop them. But I have always stopped mine by gently saying "no,no, "and focusing their attention on something else. So far, I havent seen it progress farther then just simple "finding" their privates. Im just not sure if its not stopped at what degree you are supposed to stop it. I have heard of kids that literally "masterbate" and parents tell them to do it in their rooms, and then Ive heard that your not supposed to do anything because it is natural for them to be curious of themselves., and stopping them with the "its wrong" talk could mess their sex ideas up when they are older. I would definitly draw a line on trying to touch others or allowing others to touch him. Thats just a talk you need to have. But I think curiousity is not a big deal. You as the parent need to figure out what your comfortable to be around and how far you want him to take it. Tell him no when hes around people, or that he can only do it in his room, or just ignore it, Im not to sure. Where I dont think "playing" with yourself is a good thing for my kids, another person will have a different opinion. My kids are not sexual in nature and I dont know if that is because I stopped it when they were little, or if its just them. You just need to read your son, maybe hes just going through the same things my younger aged kids did, and its really no harm, but deciding when a good time and not is something you need to do to avoid the whole "obbsesion" of it. Allright, probaly not my best writing, and I hope you can make sense of it, please write back and let us know. Thanx and good luck

[cherry47]

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