<a href="/CS/photos/mar2007/picture12221.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="/CS/photos/mar2007/images/12221/365x215.aspx" align="right" border="0" height="175" hspace="4" width="175"></a>Kids.&nbsp; Those unruly beasts.&nbsp; They do all sorts of things unfit for polite society, and many that elicit consternation and hushed problem-solving between parents, grandparents, and teachers.&nbsp; But none cause quite the stir that masturbating does.&nbsp; My nephew was dinged a quarter each time he grabbed his crotch in public, and let's just say he wracked up enough to pay for his first year at Harvard before he quit grabbing the pencil.&nbsp;
<p>Nancy Hamilton sounds off about the touchy side of childhood this week <a href="http://www.babble.com/content/articles/features/dispatches/hamilton/touchysubject/">for Babble</a>, and rounds up various religious, medical, and historical opinions and their modern counterparts.&nbsp; Most experts now agree that <i>"...</i>it's important to help children distinguish between public and private behavior, thereby not thwarting the activity, just providing socially acceptable limits for Kinsey Junior."&nbsp; And that is the key.</p>
