They could also try to distract their children from masturbating by suggesting some other activity. If children, for example, masturbate while they are at day care, parents should work out a solution with their children's day care provider. It is important that the behavior be treated in the same way by parents and by other care providers. On rare occasions, children's masturbation habits may be an indicator of other problems. Techniques to eliminate public masturbation have failed.
Parents have any concerns about their children's well being.
Parents feel that their children are possibly not masturbating, but scratching or rubbing the genital area because of discomfort. It may be possible that such children have an infection or a rash. Masturbation is constant. Parents should keep in mind that in most cases, masturbation is a common, normal behavior in children. Very rarely is it an indicator of some other problem.