Well, keep in mind that the mental health issue IS pedophilia and our treatment of it is woefully ineffective. However, one critical component of that treatment would be to keep him away from triggers- ie, children.

the snark was not necessary in your response. My point is that the debate about suicidal 5 year olds is a straw man here. It is irrelevant since the child was not suicidal.

The child's behavior has NOTHING to do with suicide. It is perfectly normal for a child this age to engage in pretend play- and yes, with themes that may be aggressive. That's what pretend play is FOR, to experiment and problem different social and emotional experiences in a play context.

Wow, what an obnoxious defense. People disagree with you so it must be simply related to gender? My primary perspective is as a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience in personality and other psychiatric disorders and I disagreed with not only your "this screams" diagnosis without any appropriate…

I'm all for teens to express themselves without shame, but in this case you know there are adults behind this girl dancing this way- just to promote her, get attention and make money off her her by playing up a sexualized preteen. And she's internalizing the message.

A smaller penis was preferred aesthetically, while a large penis was considered silly and coarse.

There is nothing good about this. The end.

Why do people insist on armchair diagnosis? Encourage her to seek help from a GOOD clinician and let that clinician (and patient) do the rest.