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Hi,
I have a two year old who mastrubates. We have told her that it is not good to do it but she still continues. She understands that it is not good and when asked she say she did 'chi chi'. She is other wise a happy and active child. We do not hit her or illtreat her but firmly try to discipline her when she does wrong. We not sure of how to control this behaviour as she does it in public in front of people and it is very embarassing. I have read that it is normal. But have also read that on many occasions it has led to the child being overly sexually active when he/she has grown up.
Kindly help.

deepika replied. hi,
i agree with pp...its just they are learning new things everyday and at 2 ,they dont know whats right or wrong..my 2 year old is also like pp's son so i also try to keep him in shorts or pants..and the other thing is the more you tell them not to do it or react to it,more they are going to do it..simply for attention.so dont worry..she is going to forget abt this new thing when she learns something else. pp replied. Hi,

I dont think its masturbation ... :) Its just exploring their body parts.

My son who is also 2 yr old, often touches his pe*** ... Initially he was touching it to point his body parts ... But now its become a habit.

But he doesnt touch himself when he is wearing pants... So i keep him in pants almost the whole day.

And whenever he touches himself ... I distract him by pulling his hand and showing something else ...

Its just matter of time ..they will stop it.