Hi how would i know if my child has this problem
Husband and I were doing it in Bedroom, and all of a sudden we looked up and seven year old was standing master-bating watching us .
LEARN THE WARNING SIGNS. There's no excuse for adults today to be uneducated about signs of trauma in our children. Excessive masturbation at that age, sometimes done in public, is one of the most obvious signs of the child having been sexually abused.
You may rather believe nothing bad has happened to your child, or that it's just normal curiousity about their sexual sensations, or that it's just child-like imitation. Maybe that's true. But don't dismiss the possibility of abuse just because it's uncomfortable to think about. At least have your child be seen by a child psychologist so you can be sure.
Find one trained in trauma who has experience avoiding pitfalls such as asking leading or embarrassing questions. Children will almost always tell the truth when they feel safe and unpressured. Non-verbal children can express themselves with puppets, dolls, or artwork. Even if they've been threatened by an abuser the psychologist will see that quite clearly, and deal with it appropriately. And rest assured, an ethical doctor will not fabricate a story of abuse if he/she finds no evidence of it.
Better safe than sorry, people. I speak from experience. Your child will thank you later.
You sound like a baby sitter I had who shamed me for doing this when I was young and I carried that shame around, thinking that I was a bad person, for about 30 yrs.
Get the first step done which is seek professional help!
My girlfriend has two daughters that are nine and eleven and without medication they compulsivey masterbate all day long. They regularly see therapists. When they were young their father molested them both. We have forgotten to give them their pills and by nite time they are both naked masterbating constantly. They have forgotten their pills and that nite woke their grandfather straddling his face with their naked bottoms. They used to pull their pants down anywhere and start fingering themselves. Their therapists says it was partly because of being molested. It's getting better now but we both used to wake up before we found the right doctor and have them in our bed performing orally on us both or walk into their room and see them performing orally on each other. So it's partly medical and partly physical. It took two years to find this out.we thought they were just born that way. I had neighbor girls that were born extremely sexual.all three had sex at ten or eleven.they taught me to masterbate at ten and we started having sex when they were nine .