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Human sexual development starts as early as the first weeks of intrauterine life and human sexuality continues to evolve through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood up until death. Although pediatric population may commonly face with sexual health problems, these issues may not be managed properly because of limited scientific data, legal obstacles and sociocultural barriers on these sensitive topics. Therefore, understanding pediatric sexuality has important clinical, legal, social, cultural and educational implications. We believe this "Pediatric Sexual Medicine" collection will be beneficial for our readers in developing a different perspective to this very delicate topic and will help them in their practice.