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- From: ran@cbnews.cb.att.com (Robert A. Neinast)
- Subject: Stop Grabbing Your Penis!
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: na
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:05:45 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.130545.9359@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- My 3 year old son seems to spend an awful lot of time grabbing
- his penis. My wife used to tell him to "stop grabbing himself",
- but to be absolutely clear we've switched to "stop grabbing
- your penis". Sometimes he does it when he has to go to the
- bathroom (no surprise there), so we also ask him if he has to
- go potty.
-
- It's been going on for about 3-5 months now, and seems to appear
- moreso in stressful situations (like Friday's Christmas "show"
- at pre-school). At first we were hoping he would outgrow it,
- but it seems to be continuing on, and maybe getting worse.
- We try talking to him, and it gets nowhere (but then again, he's
- the least cooperative of our 3 kids, anyhow).
-
- I tried asking him once *why* he was grabbing his penis, and he
- said, "Because it makes it bigger". Uh, well, yes, I suppose it does.
-
- Does anybody out there have any suggestions on how to curb this
- undesirable behavior (at least in public).
-
- Many thanks,
- Bob
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- ". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch." Nipetlahuini.
- Robert Neinast (ran@cblpo.att.com)
- AT&T-Bell Labs
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