Sexual Orientation in Young Children

Sexual Orientation in Young Children Student`s Name Institution Affiliation Date Sexual Orientation in Young Children Introduction People don't choose their sexual orientation (heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality), nor can they decide to be a boy or a girl. For example homosexual people agree that already, very young, they felt different from other children. They weren't quite sure how they were different, but they knew they weren't like everyone else. It was during puberty, at the beginning of adolescence, that they understood a little better: they had preferences for people of the same sex as themselves, while the majority of their comrades had interests for people of the same sex. Just as the way they reach important emotional and physical milestone, for example learning to walk or recognize their parents, young kids also reach important milestone in how they experience, recognize and feel about their bodies and how they develop attachment to others. The attachment they establish in their early years help them set the stage for intimacy and bonding down the line. Body The lactation stage is characterized by the total dependence of the child on their caregivers, requiring them to satisfy their basic needs. If the child's needs are met with little frustration, there will be an affective sense of security. This is manifested through breastfeeding, caresses, voice and looks(Frankowski , 2021). The repetition of this experience generates in the infant an internal representation that his / her caregivers are there to comfort him / her, forming a secure bond with them and, constituting a feeling of basic security. If their needs are not consistently met, the infant has feelings of insecurity, incorporating a mental representation of the world as a hostile place with a greater probability of developing an insecure bond (ambivalent, avoidant, or disorganized).According to Erikson, from birth to 12 to 18 months is the period of basic trust versus mistrust, developing a sense of whether or not it is possible to trust the world. The virtue to be achieved in this period is hope. According to Freud, from birth to 12 to 18 months is the oral stage, in which the main source of pleasure is given by activities carried out with the mouth. Children by the age of 2 and 3 will start to develop a sense of being a female or a male this awareness is known a gender identity. A child at this age will start to understand the difference between girls and boys and can be in a position to identify themselves bad one or the other(Frankowski 2021). Gender identity in this case is combination of both biological factor and child environment factors. At this age a child will start to associate certain behaviors called gender roles, either a male or a female. By preschool most children will have developed a strong sense of being either a girl or a boy and will control to explore more purposely. During this state it is not good to scold them when they touch themselves because this will prompt a sense of shame and guilt. At this stage also kids will also tend to be curious about bodies of others too. Parents during this stage should not overreact but should try to understand it’s just an innocent game. The preschool stage is characterized by large changes at the biological level of a maturational type that allow walking, sphincter control and the appearance of symbolic function and, with it, language (Sexual behaviors in young children ,2021). The child frequently opposes the orders of authority with stubbornness and stubbornness as a way of asserting himself in front of others that is why this stage is also called the “age