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- From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Stop Grabbing Your Penis!
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 22:06:32 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <BzM3rw.JAK@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Dec21.130545.9359@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
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- In a previous article, oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) says:
-
- >In article <1992Dec21.130545.9359@cbnews.cb.att.com>, ran@cbnews.cb.att.com (Robert A. Neinast) writes...
- >>
- >>
- >>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).
- >
- >
- >A few thoughts:
- >
- >What is his motivation for doing this?
- >
- >1.) Needs to pee. (I've noticed other little boys grab it when
- > they have to pee.)
- >
- >2.) It feels good.
- > 2A.) Feels good and relieves stress.
- >
- >3.) He likes the attention.
- >
- >From what you describe it sounds to me like it started with
- >motive #1, but now is done because of #2 and #2A. Doesn't sound
- >like #3 enters into this.
- >
- >For #1 all you can do is remind him to go potty. For #2 you
- >could explain that its OK to grab it in private, in the
- >bathroom or his bedroom, but not in public. Make a distinction
- >between private parts being handled in public = "no-no" but in
- >private = "ok."
- >
- >Since he now does it in stressful situations, it seems like this helps
- >him deal with stress. Maybe introduce some other behaviors that
- >he might find reassurring and stress relieving. Explain he can
- >do these new behaviors when nervous, but that private parts are
- >only touched in private. Getting rid of excess energy when he's
- >stressed might help, so these behaviors could be:
- > 1.) Swinging his arms at his sides a few times.
- > 2.) Giving himself a hug.
- > 3.) Turning side to side from the waist a few times.
- >
- I always wiggle my toes when I'm speaking in public - that lets out some
- stressful steam. Swinging at the waist is good, too, but there will be times
- when he is out in public and can't be moving like that.
- --
- Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu : Me, age 4 & now: "Mommys and Daddys & other
- Ever wonder if, after Casey : relatives have to give lots of hugs & love
- missed the 3rd strike in the poem: & support, 'cause Heaven is just a great
- he ran to first and made it? : big hug that lasts forever and ever!!!"
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