By age 4 or 5, this behavior can become more intentional, Ms. It’s perfectly natural for infants and toddlers to explore their genitals, especially as diapers come off and these parts are more accessible. The body is a child’s first classroom, says Deborah Roffman, a human sexuality educator, consultant and author of “Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ ‘Go To’ Person About Sex.” The sounds that bodies make and the stuff that comes out of them - they find it all “endlessly fascinating,” she said. Did I forget to mention that part? And while this may be happening less in public with the pandemic, there’s plenty of body curiosity at home that can give parents pause. It’s not uncommon to see little ones get naked in public, or stick their hands down their pants, or in this case, compare penises in the school cafeteria - and then, all worked up by the event, shout out words like “penis” and “butt,” disrupting afternoon lessons. The list of body behavior that makes parents uncomfortable is long. (I’m also not saying it’s not me.) but I can personally attest to the difficulty of handling this kind of situation as a parent. She had spoken with him, and she hoped the parents could address it at home, too.
The behavior was not unusual for his age, the teacher wrote, but it was inappropriate at school. Her 6-year-old and his friends had been caught unzipping their pants and flashing each other during lunch. A mother received an awkward email from her son’s kindergarten teacher last fall.
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