Curiosity with My 7 Yr Old Son

Updated on April 10, 2010
A.F. asks from Saddle River, NJ
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My son has shown alot of interest in my magazines and takes them to his room in a private way (ie. vanity fair with partially dressed Giselle on the cover, NY mag with lady gaga. etc) My question is....Is it normal for a 7 year old boy to be interested in these things and to be sexually curious at this age?

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Thanks for all of your great suggestions! I had a feeling this was normal (my husband kept telling me!) but as a woman, it's hard to put myself inside the male brain!!

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T.L.

answers from Phoenix on

\I am not sure if it is sexually..It may be that he is interested in what is
in the magazine...

Is he interested in Pop culture? Does he need extra reading material?
Ask him if he would like you to order a subscription to some of the kids
magazines. Does he have childrens magazines available?
.
(If it were me, I would keep your adult magazines private. The material
and discussions are not suiteable for kids...replace with family magazines..just a thought ;)

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K.H.

answers from Washington DC on

Yes definitely normal , my son is also coming up to 7 and he has been asking alot of Q's about how babies get inside a woman's tummy , the birds and the bees talk came sooner than I thought it would!

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C.P.

answers from Provo on

I have a six year old son and I think it is a natural curiosity. It probably isn't so much of a "sex" curiosity so much as it is a "girls are different then boys" curiosity. You could probably just talk to him about it and see what he has to say. I think an open line of communication is important in the parent/child relationship. I can remember when I was in kindergarten and conducting sex-ed shows for the neighborhood kids with my paper dolls. My mother was not comfortable enough to talk to me about any things like that. I am still very interested in sex and I am not embarrassed to talk to my kids about it.

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K.C.

answers from Wichita on

I don't think it is normal. It seems too 'advanced' in my opinion. My oldest is 8 1/2 y/o & he is very busy playing with his 4 y/o brother & outside. he has not started asking questions about private parts or babies. Personally I would worry that someone had said something, showed him something or tried touching my son if he started running off with half naked photos of women.

God bless!

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M.H.

answers from Dallas on

My husband says that around 7/8 he became "aware" of the opposite sex.

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