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Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

+1

And hang out with more 5 year olds?

I have a 6 year old. I think I know what a typical one is like. Potty humor giggles at silly things, fine. A deliberate search like that? No.

Maybe he just isn't as motivated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

+1

And hang out with more 5 year olds?

I have a 6 year old. I think I know what a typical one is like. Potty humor giggles at silly things, fine. A deliberate search like that? No.

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Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

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-1. I think it is normal 5 year old silliness and you are projecting sexual interest on garden variety potty talk.

Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

I think it's pretty normal. Not that it should be allowed, but the curiosity is normal.

When my son was a little younger than this, he went through a stage where he was quite obsessed with breasts. One day when I picked him up from preschool, I pulled out a drawing from his cubby that had a stick figure with long hair and giant round boobs. (I am very flat-chested, so it was not a portrait of me!)

He's had a pretty normal upbringing. There is no porn in our house (for real) and limited exposure to TV. I don't think it was a sexual thing - just curiosity.

He is 7 now and has outgrown the boob thing but still thinks anything to do with butts, farts, balls, etc. is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

+1

And hang out with more 5 year olds?

Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

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Ground him!

Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

What should OP do? Hit him with a ruler?

Anonymous wrote: Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

You need to get out more.

Not normal for this age. I've never heard a 5 year old do this before.

Anonymous wrote:regardless of whether it's appropriate, it's absolutely normal and the pp who made a point of saying it's not normal is a neurotic twit who needs to shut the f*ck up

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Anonymous wrote:I've been both a Kindergarten teacher and a mom of a 5 year old boy. This is the height of the "bathroom talk" stage, and the newfound knowledge that they human body can be shocking. 5 year olds expose themselves to each other, moon each other, talk about their private parts, and giggle if you say the word "but". The idea that they can find a picture of something "naughty" makes them feel powerful and grown up. They aren't interested in looking at pictures of naked women, but that doesn't mean that they aren't interested in finding them.

Finally, the voice of reason!

+1!

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Anonymous wrote:regardless of whether it's appropriate, it's absolutely normal and the pp who made a point of saying it's not normal is a neurotic twit who needs to shut the f*ck up

God yes. The neurotic twits seem to be out in force.

Normal at 5.5, I remember DS discussing them then. Forgot about them until 10, now 13 and I'm sure thinking about them A LOT.

All I can say is the internet is a nightmare for this kind of innocuous but suddenly not stuff.

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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.

I'm American and I agree.. seriously..everyone needs to unclench. it's just a human body!