and she was with her niece who is 8, she came round for a bit. I went into her room and they were on top of her bunkbud , their tops were off, pretending to have sex. I pretended i didn't notice because it would embarrass them. Why do they do this?
2006-09-21 08:58:11 · 10 answers · asked by x1gemma1x 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
It's perfectly normal. Children try to imitate adult behaviours in order to better understand the world.
I suggest you to tell her naturally that this is an adult thing, and not to do it.
The same you would do when they ask for driving the car and other crazy things. smiling.
2006-09-21 09:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by berta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is healthy for young children to have curiousity about their sexuualtity. Sometimes a child will, for example, get naked with a friend of either sex.
Having said that, I am very concerned by the part of your question that says that they were pretending to have sex. To me its a red flag that you might want to look into things. To me they are too young explore their sexuality in that specifc way.
It's not time to panic or to even shame them. But I feel that they would have had some example of sex which they are imitating. I pray for you and your family right now. I hope for the very best for this situation.
2006-09-21 16:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by natobanato2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its something that some girls go through, call it curiosity factor, children these days are growing up a lot faster, its scary, they could have seen something real, or on television but if you remonstrate that will not be good, ask your daughter if there is anything she would like to talk about regarding sex and take it from there, dont scare her, kids grow up too fast these days but you have to protect her and be their for her, and answer her questiions. its called being a modern mum
2006-09-21 16:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by carol g 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why? Do you have a televsion? Do you watch music videos or rent movies that may have sex scenes in them?
Girls are just as curious about sex as boys are. Talk to your pediatrician.
2006-09-21 16:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by Mimi Di 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think were missing the point, don't be horrified that you have liberal children. Every 5 years the age children play with toys drops one year. They are clearly playing with each other instead.
2006-09-21 16:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by swwrag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow........ not sure how I would of handled that one, I have four children, so that would upset me. Maybe you should mind what shows they watch, or who they hand out with. They must be viewing something that's giving them the idea of doing something like that at their age. Good luck with that one.
2006-09-21 16:07:19 · answer #6 · answered by tinkerbella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are curious.
But it sounds like its time to have a small birds and the bees talk, and whats appropriate behavior and whats not.
2006-09-21 16:07:40 · answer #7 · answered by desi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many questions unanswered to reply.
2006-09-21 16:05:10 · answer #8 · answered by Marc O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are joking.
If not, I suggest you stop bringing them to your shoots.
2006-09-21 16:03:45 · answer #9 · answered by A professor (thus usually wrong) 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are curious, and they must have seen something or someone.
2006-09-21 16:03:17 · answer #10 · answered by lilymarie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋