Children and Adolescents

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

Abnormal Sex Differentiaton - Aims to help parents and patients understand intersexuality and the challenges that accompany syndromes of abnormal sex differentiation. Prepared by The Johns Hopkins Children Center.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pediatricendocrinology/intersex/index.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.
childofmana.tripod.com/ccs-sexuality.htm

Child Sexual Development - Academic paper by Loretta Haroian, Ph.D., concerning childhood sexual development.
www.ejhs.org/volume3/Haroian/body.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.
www.sos.se/FULLTEXT/123/2001-123-20/summary.htm

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.
www.childtrafficking.com

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

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

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.
www.afn.org/~afn09744/childhood

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.
www.dramaide.co.za

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

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

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.
www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_AFS.HTM

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

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

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.
web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/pub/spock.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].
home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/frie/friedrich.pdf

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.
www.oscars-treehouse.com

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.
www.perverted-justice.com

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.
www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/child_behavior/sexdev.html

Sexuality and Your Child - A sexuality guide for parents of infants and toddlers.
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.
muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/humanrel/gh6002.htm