Sexual Behavior
Sexual behavior in the human animal is a noninstinctual learned phenomenon that is geared toward pleasure as well as procreation. Acceptable expressions of sexuality differ with one's culture and vary from generation to generation. As a child develops, his sexual behavior normally changes in various ways and the parent must understand this in order to accept it. The child health provider should become aware of these changes and engage the parent in discussion about the child's sexuality as part of the assessment of intellectual and physical development.
