It seems that when a child does anything remotely sexual, the first reaction of most people is pure panic. All of the things people commonly say about the subject flood the mind. ‘‘A child only acts out sexually when he or she has been sexually abused.’’ Or, ‘‘It’s not normal for children to act out sexually at this age—the child is probably going to grow up to be a sexual deviant.’’ What seems to immedi-ately leave the mind is rationality. After all, sex behavior is natural. It is true that a child who acts out sexually may have, unfortunately enough, been abused; however, it could also be the case that the child accidently landed on an inappropriate television program while flipping through channels. The difficulty in addressing children’s sexual behaviors is that it requires parents, teachers, school administrators, and others to strike an appropriate bal-ance—when a child acts out sexually, it is important that they not overreact, but it is equally, if not more, important that they not underreact. Wilson Kenney discusses an intervention model in his book, Sexual Misconduct: An Intervention Model that Works in Schools and Communi-ties, that he believes strikes this balance and effectively protects individual students who have engaged in miscon-duct, other children in the school, and the community.