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• Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Child Psychology  (58)
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• Abercrombie and Fitch Petition - A petition and message board on the issue of marketing thongs for children.
• Abnormal Sex Differentiaton - Aims to help parents and patients understand intersexuality and the challenges that accompany syndromes of abnormal sex differentiation. Prepared by The Johns Hopkins Children Center.
• CCS and Child Sexuality - A discussion of the anime series CCS, arguing that sexuality expressed by its characters is normal and should not be criticized.
• Child Sexual Development - Academic paper by Loretta Haroian, Ph.D., concerning childhood sexual development.
• Child Sexuality and Sexual Behavior - Report released by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare to disseminate recent discoveries in the field of child sexuality.
• Child Trafficking - Digital Library - Supports effort to fight trafficking of children into prostitution, forced labour, child marriage, and other slavery-like conditions by increasing knowledge, sharing experience, and improving skills.
• Childhood Sexuality - Academic paper discussing childhood sexuality.
• Childhood, Sexuality & Bodyliness - Examines how children view their bodies and sexuality in relation to God and spirituality.
• The Cult of Childhood and the Repression of Childhood Sexuality - Author discusses the history of childhood in western culture and how it has led to the 'cult of childhood' which does not recognize children as sexual beings.
• DramAidE - An organization that uses drama methodologies to critically engage young people to communicate effectively about issues relating to sex, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Based in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
• Focus Adolescent Services - Resources and information on teen sexual behavior, teen pregnancy, and sexuality issues.
• Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development - Overview of sexual development and awareness as theorized by Sigmund Freud.
• Growing Up Sexually - Large anthropological study that examines childhood sexuality and scripting of sexual development. Included is a world reference atlas and an ethnographic index. By Diederik F. Janssen, MD.
• Growing Up Sexually Email List - Reading and subscription list concerned with childhood sexuality matters. Free subscription ensures email notification of new academic research.
• Harmful to Minors: Perils of Protecting Children From Sex - Devoted to the controversial work by Judith Levine. Includes links to reviews, news articles, excerpts.
• Henry Jenkins - The Sensuous Child: Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Sexual Revolution - A discussion of twentieth century views towards child sexuality and the research of Dr. Spock.
• Normative Sexual Behavior in Children: A Contemporary Sample - Journal article from the American Academy of Pediatrics that presents findings from research on the relationship between sexual abuse and sexual behavior in children. [PDF Format]. [PDF]
• Oscar, How Did I Get Here? - Offers details regarding the biological aspects of sexually related topics. Includes details on how to order an interactive CD-ROM for children aged five to nine.
• Perverted Justice - Intended to root out and bring to light those who would use the Internet as a way to sexually abuse and prey upon children.
• Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Sexual Development in Children - Article examining what is "normal" sexual development and behavior in children and teenagers, and which behaviors might signal that a child is a victim of sexual abuse, or acting in a sexually aggressive manner towards others. By Dr. Phil Rich.
• Sexuality and Your Child - A sexuality guide for parents of infants and toddlers.
• Sexuality and Your Child -- For Children Ages 3 to 7 - A guide for parents of the types of normal sexuality exhibited by 3-7 year old children.