Help please - My 8yr old is searching up naked women and women taking their clothes off on google. Is this normal for his age? We have spoken to him about private parts and about privacy and asked what his interest in these searches, his response is "I'm getting bigger". I feel abit weird that he is trying to look at things like this at a young age.
Please note: it is very rare he is on the internet without adult supervision, also his tablet is linked to his dads phone - thats how we found out.
He is also ADHD combined - not sure if thats relevant.
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I would say it's not the norm.i wonder if theres been conversations at school that have him feeling like he needs to know what others are talking about. Sometimes the wording of the search will tell you more
It’s pretty normal to be curious. I think the fact he isn’t googling sexual terms means your boy is pretty good.
Get those parental locks set though.
Not normal for 8 sorry.
Wow, so helpful. Define normal?
I had a very similar scenario with my daughter around this age. Believe me I was mortified when the teacher approached me to inform me about what the girls had been talking about.
Long story short, one of the girls had an older brother in his early teens who had been looking at porn and his little sister had stumbled across it whilst trying to play games on his phone. This lead to her naturally being curious, telling friends, then all of them looking for it online.
It's a good time to discuss what is and isn't appropriate and that certain topics are for when your an adult. Given he has ADHD I'd be keeping it short and straight to the point.
I was told by a pediatrician that hyper sexuality or early sexual development is common in ADHD.
That's something that you may want to keep in mind or even discuss with your own doctor.
I don't think it's necessarily age appropriate but kids are curious too.
I'd just get some good internet filters and have a chat about what is/isn't appropriate.
Yep, that's what I have heard and noticed in my work too. Kids with ADHD can become more curious about sexuality than most kids. I guess it comes down to impulse control too but I'm sure there is research that can explain it better.
Filters are a good idea. Your kid is not abnormal for being curious.