Share 'Masturbation, a curse or a delight?'

How do we feel about acknowledging or encouraging masturbation for developing children?    Considering my non-theistic but uptight childhood it seemed touchy to encourage masturbation yet as a parent I discussed it at dinner table for my son and daughters.  It embarrassed them at first but when sex came up at all I took the occasion to say that everyone learns sooner or later to satisfy their nat…