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Sexual content from the mouth of young boys

Posted by: jrh on July 28, 2007 at 11:01AM EST

My son is 10 yrs old and approched by a 9 yr old in his summer day camp who put his arm around my son and said to him "Do you want to go to bed with me?" and then grabbed his own rear end and said to my son " you want some of this". Obviously, there is a psychological issue with the 9yr old in my opinion. However, it does disturb me as to this as this occured two times before with in different environments with different individuals.

I discuss these issues with my son in the best way I can to have him understand at his age. Dont mind if he pops them in the nose either, I will back him on that, but really, does anyone have an opinion on how a child should handle issues as this. He gets upset when I tell him he will have to confront these people if the adults around are not present at the time.

Anyone with any responsible answers?

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Posted by: Lily on August 10, 2007 11:37AM EST

This is something else! Wow. We teach our children that NO ONE should touch them inappropriately and I think your son should go directly to a counselor/teacher/adult in a responsible position. People take something like that very seriously and I am certain there would be repercussions for the perpetrator.

Posted by: Callie Mercer on August 1, 2007 9:32AM EST

I'm not sure how you explain this to your son, but I would be as cautious as possible keeping your son away from this boy. He obviously has some SERIOUS pyschological issues and I would suggest keeping your son away from him as much as possible.

Posted by: sj on July 30, 2007 12:56PM EST

Wow-- that is something! I think he needs to be armed with some good comeback lines-- so he can respond without getting upset. Of course, I was never good at comeback lines, so I may have to think about it. Something like-- "Hey, I don't want to be involved in your problems". He can say it and walk away without a confrontation. It's not going to change the other kid's behavior-- who it sounds like is not getting enough positive attention and needs some help, but it will take away the shock factor from the kid.