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Little boys exposing themselves

Tigger & poohTigger & pooh member
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I am in desperate need of some advice. My neighbor called to tell me that she caught our boys in her sons bedroom with the door closed and my son had his pants ( I think this means undies too ) down. They said they were taking turns smelling each other's butts. They are 5 (my son) and 7. When DS came I asked him to tell me what happened and where he learned it. DS said one lays down and then the other crab walks over the person laying down until they can smell their butt. He says the neighbor boy came up with the idea ( the neighbor boy says DS came up with it). DS son also says this has happened before at our house and at the neighbors house. I just don't know what to do now. Do you just talk to them about privacy? Take him to a counselor ? Punish him? I just don't know...... Please any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Little boys exposing themselves

  • Tigger & poohTigger & pooh member
    edited April 2014
    Kimbus22 said:

    I would just talk to him about appropriate times to be naked.  Honestly it doesn't sound that strange for the age.  I don't think it's something you need to punish or put him in therapy over.  Kids think nakedness and butts are funny.  I mean it sounds like they were just exposing their butts and going near one another until they could "smell" it?  Right?  Not like they were shoving their faces up one another's butt cracks?

    Honestly it's a rather inventive way to kill time.  The crab walking aspect of it had me laughing. I probably would have a hard time keeping a straight face while talking to the other parent.


    Ok that is good to hear.
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  • Tigger & poohTigger & pooh member
    Yeah I know how goofy they act at home I just worry so much about this being with a neighbor kid. I was molested multiple times as a kid and I thought I did a good job talking to the boys about privacy and not showing their private parts.
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  • Tigger & poohTigger & pooh member
    Kimbus22 said:


    Tigger & pooh said:

    Yeah I know how goofy they act at home I just worry so much about this being with a neighbor kid. I was molested multiple times as a kid and I thought I did a good job talking to the boys about privacy and not showing their private parts.

    I can see why your history would make you more concerned than average.  But really, this seems completely harmless.  Even when kids know they shouldn't do something, being around another kid who wants to makes them "forget". He's only 5.  He just needs a reminder talk.  I think that's one of those conversations that will be ongoing as he grows up.




    Thank you!

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  • LoveBeingMamaLoveBeingMama member
    Normal or not, I'd still tell them they can't have doors closed when they are playing in a room.
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  • pitterpatter129pitterpatter129 member
    Cracking up here.  Totally normal!!  Age appropriate and normal.  Even if they were "playing doctor", etc, it's completely normal.  Talk to him about keeping his privates covered and tell him to knock it off and try not to laugh. :)
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