The mother of an 8-year-old boy tells the nurse that sheis worried because she has found her son masturbating onoccasion. She asks the nurse how she should “handle thisproblem.” What would be the best response of the nurse tothis mother’s concern?a. “Children should be taught not to masturbate because mostpeople believe self-stimulation is wrong.”b. “Masturbation is a means of learning what a person prefers sexually, and overreacting to it can lead to the child think-ing sex is bad or dirty.” c. “There are serious health risks associated with frequentmasturbation, and the practice should be discouraged inchildren.”d. “Children who masturbate demonstrate sexual dysfunctionand should be seen by a child psychologist.”

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The mother of an 8-year-old boy tells the nurse that she
is worried because she has found her son masturbating on
occasion. She asks the nurse how she should “handle this
problem.” What would be the best response of the nurse to
this mother’s concern?
a. “Children should be taught not to masturbate because most
people believe self-stimulation is wrong.”
b. “Masturbation is a means of learning what a person prefers

sexually, and overreacting to it can lead to the child think-
ing sex is bad or dirty.”

c. “There are serious health risks associated with frequent
masturbation, and the practice should be discouraged in
children.”
d. “Children who masturbate demonstrate sexual dysfunction
and should be seen by a child psychologist.”

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