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8 Year old sexual behaviors

I am the single mother of an 8 year daughter, who is an only child. Recently under history on our iPad  I seen where she had been googling various sexual searches since as: "pictures of boys kissing woman boobs" and "pictures of people having sex". I'm sure it was her she was the only with the access to the iPad at that time. I asked her about it and she denied it: getting very upset and crying. Later I asked her if she had any questions about anything involving men and women and she stated "no". She also plays with her private region on a regular basis (while she's alone). While playing Barbies, my mother caught her having Ken kiss Barbies chest.
My question is is this normal behavior for an 8 year old or is this cause for concern?
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I'm going to be honest.kids are not kids anymore.in my opinion an 8 yr old should be curious but not that curious.I would definetly talk to her (and only you know what to say to her) because trust me a boy will talk to her and persuade her because they are twice as curious.
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Yes, this is normal. Obviously don't take at face value her denial of having questions. It's not at all unusual for children to say they have no questions when, in fact, they do. Take a look at the range of children's literature about sexual developement and select something suiatble for her young age and then read the book along with her. Also let her look at the book(s) herself.
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