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I had the interesting experience of being the youngest child by ten and twelve years. My mother has this "pre-wedding" talk she gives to the girls in the family, and all of the girls in the family are called to the meeting. So I was hearing rather vivid details of her "how to keep the romance alive" stories starting at age 11. Though not advocates of premarital sex, they were always very VERY (sometimes uncomfortably) open about the joys and blessings of a happy sexual relationship.
But even before that happened, I was already drawing the nude half of a woman connected to the bra ads in the paper. I was already drawing naked pictures of Fred from Scooby-Doo. (I sh t you not.) I have always been curious about sexuality, and I'm not sure if that's because they told me about human reproduction at age 3, or because I just have... insatiable curiosity.
Children are sexual; there's no denying it. They discover their bodies early on. But it's up to parents to teach them they are healthy in that curiosity-- AND to help guide them through their childhood slowly, not rushing it. The belly shirts and--I kid you not--vinyl pants I've seen on little girls just isn't healthy for their development.
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