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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
behavior
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
behavior
by harleychick, Jan 28, 2002 12:00AM
My child is 4 years old and will be 5 in May I was wondering if it is normal for his penis to be hard when he wakes up and when he goes to bed I notice him touching it alot when it is hard and he squirms around alot while it is like that and he may not go to sleep for several hours because of it. He has it out of his pants all of the time when he is in bed. I was wnting to know if that is normal or not.
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Jan 28, 2002 12:00AM
, Jan 28, 2002 12:00AM
Yes, it is perfectly normal for this to occur in young children. The only need for worry is when a child, due to insecurity or other means of soothing himself, relies on self-stimulation for this purpose. Generally, if it is a problem, the behavior occurs at other times in addition to when the child is in bed.
