Anonymous wrote:I have three boys and at that age they had zero interest in looking at pictures of any women, "nakid" or not. I don't think it's something that would ever cross a 5-year-old's mind unless someone else put him up to it. Turning on internet controls is a good start but you should find out who he's playing with at school and what they talk about during the day.

Agreed.

Anonymous wrote:At 5.5, it's not normal boy curiosity. Age 10, yes. 5.5, no.

At school, there are clear expectations about internet use. He needs to understand that there are rules at home as well. Disable the browsers. Now. He can use games/apps that you have set up. That's it. You don't have to talk with him in a shameful way. Just explain that there are some things that are for adults.

Let him know that you're happy to talk with him about bodies and how we grow and change. Get some age-appropriate books with correct terminology and read them together. If there is a dad in his life, include him in the conversation.

It's very normal 5.5 boy curiosity. A 5 year old googles naked people because he's learned that there's something taboo, and of course that makes him curious. A 5 year old who was turned on by naked people would be concerning, but there's no evidence that that's what happened.

The only thing not totally normal here is that OP's kid seems to be a better speller than the average 5 year old.

I agree with the suggestion to get a book to read together. I'd also implement some rules about screens being visible, and about which search sites to use. Pick a kid friendly one, and make it your home page. That way if he does search, it's not a big deal.

I have three boys and at that age they had zero interest in looking at pictures of any women, "nakid" or not. I don't think it's something that would ever cross a 5-year-old's mind unless someone else put him up to it. Turning on internet controls is a good start but you should find out who he's playing with at school and what they talk about during the day.

Anonymous wrote:At 5.5, it's not normal boy curiosity. Age 10, yes. 5.5, no.

At school, there are clear expectations about internet use. He needs to understand that there are rules at home as well. Disable the browsers. Now. He can use games/apps that you have set up. That's it. You don't have to talk with him in a shameful way. Just explain that there are some things that are for adults.

Let him know that you're happy to talk with him about bodies and how we grow and change. Get some age-appropriate books with correct terminology and read them together. If there is a dad in his life, include him in the conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. Honestly I do just think it was his curiosity. He even covers his eyes when he 'thinks' a scary part of a cartoon is coming up on TV. This WAS a good reminder to be a lot more watchful and provide proper guidance as needed.

His "exposure" is normal...shirtless people at the pool, sidewalk bikers/runners who doesn't wear shirts, all the DC museums with sculpture/art with topless men/women. We have a 2 year old so when she runs around before a bath without a shirt on we say "silly baby sister, you have no shirt, you're 'nakid'!"

I'm all ears if anyone has a good app to manage ipad access!

Good grief.

Americans are such unbelievable prudes.

OP again. Honestly I do just think it was his curiosity. He even covers his eyes when he 'thinks' a scary part of a cartoon is coming up on TV. This WAS a good reminder to be a lot more watchful and provide proper guidance as needed.

His "exposure" is normal...shirtless people at the pool, sidewalk bikers/runners who doesn't wear shirts, all the DC museums with sculpture/art with topless men/women. We have a 2 year old so when she runs around before a bath without a shirt on we say "silly baby sister, you have no shirt, you're 'nakid'!"

I'm all ears if anyone has a good app to manage ipad access!

I don't think it's curiosity in the sense of secularization like it is for older boys. It's curiosity that the word naked is hilarious to a 5 year old, and sometimes so is the word boobies. He probAbly thought it would just be funny to look it up and laugh hysterically. I wouldn't be concerned that there was something going on.

Then again I still remember being six and my brother's friend's penis slipped out the netting of his bathing suit when we were messing on hammock and I happened to glance down and caught a peek. I remember giggling and telling my friends I saw a penis. It was really funny at the time.

Seems a little advanced to me. I wonder where he got the idea from. My son watches movies on netflix on his dad's account even though we have controls set up under his own name. Not to hijack your thread, but how can I make it so he can't watch my DH's netflix movies? It seems too easy to just click on his dad's name and then he has access to more stuff with adult ratings.

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Anonymous wrote:At 5.5, it's not normal boy curiosity. Age 10, yes. 5.5, no.

At school, there are clear expectations about internet use. He needs to understand that there are rules at home as well. Disable the browsers. Now. He can use games/apps that you have set up. That's it. You don't have to talk with him in a shameful way. Just explain that there are some things that are for adults.

Let him know that you're happy to talk with him about bodies and how we grow and change. Get some age-appropriate books with correct terminology and read them together. If there is a dad in his life, include him in the conversation.

I think it's normal curiosity, PP.

Perhaps. How much exposure has he had to 'nakid' people? I ask because my boys had a fair amount (home, living overseas). They didn't really have any particular curiosity at that age. My almost 15 yr old now seems to, but not really prior. So perhaps it depends on how much he'd seen before.

Anonymous wrote:At 5.5, it's not normal boy curiosity. Age 10, yes. 5.5, no.

At school, there are clear expectations about internet use. He needs to understand that there are rules at home as well. Disable the browsers. Now. He can use games/apps that you have set up. That's it. You don't have to talk with him in a shameful way. Just explain that there are some things that are for adults.

Let him know that you're happy to talk with him about bodies and how we grow and change. Get some age-appropriate books with correct terminology and read them together. If there is a dad in his life, include him in the conversation.

I think it's normal curiosity, PP.

OP here. Thanks 15:09. I think we'll just delete the browser function for now.

We have always tried to be fairly open in discussing his interests or facts of life...this was a new one. His other favorite searches are Legos, Kindereggs, Angry Birds, and of all things watching a particular tornado safety preparation video on youtube.

Gone are the days of the encyclopedia.

At 5.5, it's not normal boy curiosity. Age 10, yes. 5.5, no.

At school, there are clear expectations about internet use. He needs to understand that there are rules at home as well. Disable the browsers. Now. He can use games/apps that you have set up. That's it. You don't have to talk with him in a shameful way. Just explain that there are some things that are for adults.

Let him know that you're happy to talk with him about bodies and how we grow and change. Get some age-appropriate books with correct terminology and read them together. If there is a dad in his life, include him in the conversation.

I would have googled "masterbating" because I asked my dad what it meant when I couldn't find it in the dictionary (with that spelling, of course). Bet I would have gotten some hits. The internet is forgiving.

dont let him google George Bush and Dick Cheney

So we have a kindergartener here. He's always called out bikers without a shirt or statues that are topless and jokes/laughs that they have no shirt...so silly!

Now that he's learning how to read/spell at school, somewhere he got the idea to search for "Nakid women" the other day. He asked us..."how do you spell women?" Anyway, he ended up with a google results page but thankfully did not click on anything as I'm sure search result text page was less than interesting. As a mom, it's half hilarious and half concerning. I know that they'll all be expose to this sooner or later, but wanting to learn about it at this age seems too soon.

At this point, we did what we could on the browser limitations and of course we're always sitting close by whenever he plays with the ipad. Just wondering if this is just normal boy curiosity in the internet age. I can only image what I would google for as a child if I had access back in the day.