Last month when I was at the Dr office I was reading one of those randomly overused magazines and came across an article about “masturbation and kids”.

The minute…or rather the SECOND I got in the door home from that visit,  I IMed my friend Kim and asked her….is this for real??

I realize that {grown and teenage} people masturbate. It doesn’t bother me. What you do behind closed doors is completely your business and a normal part of sexual health and life. I would encourage it if you enjoy it.  But the article took a more shocking turn when it opened like this:

“While catching up over coffee in her kitchen recently, my friend and I were interrupted by a peculiar nose neither of us initially recognized. Our eyes eventually locked onto her 4-year old son who was rubbing himself and moaning with pleasure”

Four.

FOUR.

FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR.

I wish it said something less exotic…like…..”grabbing” himself. In fact, all kids, boy or girl, “grab” themselves at some point. But the whole “moaning and rubbing with pleasure” was way, way, WAY too much for me to comprehend.

And this is coming from a blogger that has endorsed KY.

The article goes on to say that masturbation for kids becomes “goal driven to orgasm” by 10 and at around 11 or 12 they are looking for pornographic material.

Holy. Crap.

(As a side note, now I know what age my daughter isn’t allowed to have male friends…10 and up)

I realize the world has changed, but I can assure you at the age of 10 I was sewing barbie clothes and reading The Babysitters Club books. In fact, the only thing I knew about boys was that Mary Anne had a boyfriend named Logan.  Now I understand I may have been sheltered on some level and sexual activity wasn’t on my mind, but what I cant figure out is is this the new norm?

FOUR? TEN?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Mothers of boys, you must, right now, explain this to me before I have an aneurysm.

And Tell me lies…tell me sweet little lies.

*cough*

FOUR.

~Trisha

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Copy of the Article from WEBMD magazine. I had to scan it in cause I couldn’t find it online to share: