One may, of course, wish to encourage privacy. In general, as is true of the later stages, experts agree that the questions children ask should be answered fully, but with neither too little nor too much information. Sometimes, however, the question is not clear, and, in any case, experience shows that it will be repeated. The best advice, then, is to relax and take the children's cues as to when to go on and when to quit. In the second stage, the awakened period, which lasts until about age fourteen, children are usually very interested in sexuality, and curiosity and exploration tend to be considerable, although questions may be less frequent and embarrassment more frequent than before.
Education is, therefore, very crucial.
The third stage need not concern us because it occurs usually in children fourteen and older. It is the active period when young adults become fully sexual beings and load up with hormones. This period usually ends somewhere around age nineteen. So much has been written about attitudes toward sexuality that trying to review these in a brief space is impossible. One can only encourage adults to look for and read materials about children and sexuality.