My DD just turned 8 and i had parental controls activated on my mac, but i'd never had a reason to be concerned and totally forgot about her iPod! Yes i know careless working single mother. And nothing you can say will make me feel worse than i already do.
I didn't want to loose communication regarding sex/ bodies and alike. So i just said honey i know what you have searched and that i knew it was about sex. She was embarrassed, I asked her what she thought about what she had seen and she said it was "weird" I said yes and those people are actors and thats not how most women would act that have respect for their bodies, i explained I've tightened security on the computer and her iPod (which I'm open to suggestions there) as I've confiscated it til i find the right program and i haven't told her its been confiscated. So my girls are only one years apart and i have been separated 4 years, I've always instilled safe body practise only cause I'm not there and my ex hub is a little complacent and i don't know all of the company he keeps. We had recently done "where do i come from" and talked about periods as i was 9 when i menstuated. Have i given them too much info and prompted such behaviour or is it normal?
Im still lost and would love to hear from other IMs that perhaps have suggestions
8 year old girl looking up "sex videos"
8 year old girl looking up "sex videos"
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I think you handled it very well, she may just be curious or heard other children at school talking about sex and looked it up. Don't beat yourself up xxx
totally normal, when I was her age we resorted to looking up swear words, and sex terms we had heard big kids use in the dictionary. Its normal to be curious but sadly our kids just have the technology now to find out more than ever before. I think you handled it very well.