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my son 5 yr old , played doctor with his friend (same age group) . he closed the door and pulled his pants and licked his private parts, since they are making no sound , we knocked the door and opened it. he became  very upset and asked his friend to come to another room, but his friend was upset about the game and refused to play.  after that the friend told his mom about what happened , then she called me.

the same thing happened last year with  a one year elder boy , who taught him this game . one year he totally forgot about it , now all of a sudden he started playing it.

what do i do? i need help handling this problem. he is not feeling sorry or ashamed of  it. when i ask him to say sorry , he is telling just for the sake of telling. he even tell this to people saying that  i did a bad thing today by licking his peepee thats why i got this punishment. and all.

please help  me how solve this issue.

thx
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Obviously he was taught this game by the other boy who was one year older and he discovered it felt good.  Just teach him that the feelings are not bad, it is just the action with other kids that is bad. Keep a close watch on his activities. I know he can't be watched every second. If you can curb the activity, then I do believe some help is in order.
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You may need to take him to a counselor to get it sorted out.  He is too young to understand.  
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