Wrong. It is natural for a 3-year-old to fiddle with their own genitals, but in situations where others are bothered, have the child do another, more appropriate activity like drawing or playing with a ball. Children need to be taught boundaries, even for a natural sexual activity.

Wrong. Preschoolers have a simple and concrete understanding of body and sexuality, like that girls and boys look different or that mothers give birth to babies and fathers help make them. A more reflected and mature understanding of their own body and sexuality is developed throughout the adolescent years.

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It is age 17, meaning half of girls over the age of 17 have not had intercourse.

It is age 17.5, meaning half of boys over the age of 17 and a half have not had intercourse.

Wrong, the correct number is 50%, and taken from the Children and media-study from 2020.

Wrong, the correct number is 10%, and taken from the Children and media-study from 2020.

Wrong: We believe porn is entertainment, made first and foremost to get people sexually aroused. This makes porn unqualified to provide reliable information on what sexuality and sexual relations actually are.

Wrong: Masturbation usually has a calming effect on young children. As children grow up they will begin to feel more desire in relation to masturbation.

At times adolescents masturbate both often and a lot, which makes it difficult to say what we definitively think is the correct amount. Therefore, we are the most concerned with whether the masturbation negatively impacts the adolescent’s normal life, like relations with family and friends, school and after-school activities. One also needs to see if the adolescent uses poor technique and becomes unnecessarily sore, or if there is coercion involved. There are some adolescents who masturbate in inappropriate situations and places, and these are important to address.