Doctor, Playing doctor, or Doctors and nurses is a children's game linked to sexual curiosity. Typically in such a game, children play roles of doctor and patient, using the imaginary clinical setting as a pretext to examine one another. It is seen by most as a common part of normal sexual development between ages three and five, but is a source of discomfort to some parents. Parenting professionals[who?] often advise parents to use the discovery their child has been playing doctor to explain the differences between the sexes, and to teach them about modesty, as most societies do not condone nudity, and some children may wish to touch or poke others against their will unless taught otherwise.
