As young as 9-up.

The realty is there and sooner or later will have to be addressed. Sooner is better, IMHO. And I’m an old guy now.

I would not have said that when I was a teen or later. The problem either didn’t exist or was unknown to my generation.

The latter may have been the case.

Children at a young age, today, are exposed to sex in dozens and dozens of ways. We all know what those are.

From the time a child can walk/talk, they develop massive amounts of curiosity and absorb their outside surroundings and influences like a sponge.

Parents, even today, fail to either realize this, or fail to address it.

Someone must.

It should begin when girls/boys reach puberty, about 9.

Boys, and girls are already masturbating at 9 + -.

I was 9 once, as best I remember..

While it should be the parents’ responsibility to teach their children about sex, many are not. Therefore a different institution must step in.