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[quote=Anonymous]DS 13 does not talk about girls (with us!) and I doubt if he and his friends spend a lot of time on the subject BUT I do know he has had crushes. Just don't think he's interested or prepared to act on those crushes. He hasn't really started puberty. DD, by comparison, at that age was obsessed with boys. Could not stop talking about who is cute and who so and so has a crush on and whether it would be weird if XYZ etc. It was almost shocking how interested she was because that had not been my personal experience. She ended up at an all girls school (her choice!) and although she's still very social, I think not having boys as a distraction in the classroom for her was a big plus. Bottom line--boys and girls go through this at different stages and to varying degrees. Don't expect them to talk to you about any of it!

And yes, a lot of boys in middle grades are looking at porn (this is not a new thing). What's new is that it's so so so much readily available and on their phones and it's video and it's so much more graphic. DH and friends talk about escapades stealing Playboys which are crazy tame in comparison to what boys are looking at today. [/quote]

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