Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior

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Student Name Professor's Name Course Date Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior The paper by (Sites and Widdifield Jr) focuses on children exhibiting problematic sexual behavior (PBS). Children exhibit this by initiating sexual conduct with their sexual organs to show developmental challenges and is detrimental to the child and others. Children with PBS are the children most likely to become sexual offenders and, as a result, pose a challenge to agencies to identify the behavior and try to help children before the situation grows worse (Sites and Widdifield Jr). The article highlights the plight that children with PBS experience, especially with caregivers. If caregivers are not adequately trained to handle children with PBS, then more often than not, the children's challenges will go unsolved. The article dispels the notion that children with PBS are often exhibiting symptoms of sexual abuse. While this is the case in some instances, in other cases, children are not victims of any abuse and are simply showing some form of developmental harm that can be addressed. The Commission highlights the need to develop a framework to assist children with PBS, as law enforcement and judicial officers have a hard time in cases of child-on-child sexual abuse (Sites and Widdifield Jr). Children with PBS may abuse other children, an offense under the law. As part of the response, the Commission recommends that caregivers and professionals are trained on the following:

• Normal sexual behavior among children.
• What is PBS, and how is it exhibited.
• What factors could lead to children showing PBS(Sites and Widdifield Jr)

Cases of children with PBS are on the rise, and consequently, so are the dangers of increased cases of sexual violence. To solve the problem, the C...