[zamnos]

Is it? Their peers are equally new to the world and just as naive so that doesn't seem like that big a deal. It would be worse to raise sexually repressed, unhappy adults.

What we're dancing around though, is that there are actual pedophiles on the Internet that would like nothing more than to have the 11-year send them underwear, or even fully-nude pics. That's what the 11-13 year old needs protection from.

And keep in mind, pediatricians now recommend starting to talk to your kids about sex and consent starting at age five.

https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/parenting/when-to-start-talki...

Punishing that 11-year old, charging them as a sex-offender, when they were the one that took the picture, makes zero sense though.

[YeBanKo]

This is some serious bullshit. There are also pediatricians that refer to transgender clinic as early as 3. It is pure insanity, medical field fell victim to political ideologies. The article you posted conflates different things in one, explaining consent for physical contact is not the same as talking about sex to a 5 year old. And is there study that shows what the appropriate age for conversations on sexual health is? The main motivation mentioned is that kids are being exposed to it earlier by incident. But because it happens this way, does not make it right or proves that it is optimal.

  > A child should be aware of their consent to being touched or handled — or their space being invaded — from age 5.

This seems too late. By the age of 3 kids can clearly know and communicate if they want to be hugged, kissed, tickled, etc. no reason to wait until 5 to respect their boundaries.

  > sexual health education has traditionally been timed to coincide with puberty

I don’t have kids of that age yet, but from personal experience growing up, these talks to be had before changes happen. And it seems to be a common understanding.

It seems like an attempt to inject a pediatrician with a book on sex ed in aspect of kids health, where common sense would suffice.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855897/