Children and Adolescents

Harmful to Minors: Perils of Protecting Children From Sex - Devoted to the controversial work by Judith Levine. Includes links to reviews, news articles, excerpts.
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/levine_harmful.html

Focus Adolescent Services - Resources and information on teen sexual behavior, teen pregnancy, and sexuality issues.
http://www.focusas.com/SexualBehavior.html

Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development - Overview of sexual development and awareness as theorized by Sigmund Freud.
http://www.victorianweb.org/science/freud/develop.html

CCS and Child Sexuality - A discussion of the anime series CCS, arguing that sexuality expressed by its characters is normal and should not be criticized.
http://childofmana.tripod.com/ccs-sexuality.htm

Growing Up Sexually - Large anthropological study that examines childhood sexuality and scripting of sexual development. Included is a world reference atlas and an ethnographic index. By Diederik F. Janssen, MD.
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_AFS.HTM

Recognizing Healthy and Unhealthy Sexual Development in Children - Article examining what is "normal" sexual development and behavior in children and teenagers, and which behaviors might signal that a child is a victim of sexual abuse, or acting in a sexually aggressive manner towards others. By Dr. Phil Rich.
http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/child_behavior/sexdev.html

Perverted Justice - Intended to root out and bring to light those who would use the Internet as a way to sexually abuse and prey upon children.
http://www.perverted-justice.com

Oscar, How Did I Get Here? - Offers details regarding the biological aspects of sexually related topics. Includes details on how to order an interactive CD-ROM for children aged five to nine.
http://www.oscars-treehouse.com

Child Trafficking - Digital Library - Supports effort to fight trafficking of children into prostitution, forced labour, child marriage, and other slavery-like conditions by increasing knowledge, sharing experience, and improving skills.
http://www.childtrafficking.com

Sexuality and Your Child - A sexuality guide for parents of infants and toddlers.
http://www.classbrain.com/artread/publish/article_34.shtml

Sexuality and Your Child -- For Children Ages 3 to 7 - A guide for parents of the types of normal sexuality exhibited by 3-7 year old children.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/humanrel/gh6002.htm

DramAidE - An organization that uses drama methodologies to critically engage young people to communicate effectively about issues relating to sex, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Based in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
http://www.dramaide.co.za

The Cult of Childhood and the Repression of Childhood Sexuality - Author discusses the history of childhood in western culture and how it has led to the 'cult of childhood' which does not recognize children as sexual beings.
http://www.afn.org/~afn09744/childhood

Henry Jenkins - The Sensuous Child: Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Sexual Revolution - A discussion of twentieth century views towards child sexuality and the research of Dr. Spock.
http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/pub/spock.html

Growing Up Sexually Email List - Reading and subscription list concerned with childhood sexuality matters. Free subscription ensures email notification of new academic research.
http://lists.topica.com/lists/growingupsexually

Abercrombie and Fitch Petition - A petition and message board on the issue of marketing thongs for children.
http://www.petitiononline.com/afnkt/petition.html

Child Sexual Development - Academic paper by Loretta Haroian, Ph.D., concerning childhood sexual development.
http://www.ejhs.org/volume3/Haroian/body.htm

Childhood, Sexuality & Bodyliness - Examines how children view their bodies and sexuality in relation to God and spirituality.
http://www.cavespirit.net/childhood.html

Normative Sexual Behavior in Children: A Contemporary Sample - Journal article from the American Academy of Pediatrics that presents findings from research on the relationship between sexual abuse and sexual behavior in children. [PDF Format]. [PDF]
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/frie/friedrich.pdf

Childhood Sexuality - Academic paper discussing childhood sexuality.
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/IES/USA08.HTM

Child Sexuality and Sexual Behavior - Report released by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare to disseminate recent discoveries in the field of child sexuality.
http://www.sos.se/FULLTEXT/123/2001-123-20/summary.htm