Lately she seems to be very interested in private parts and saying the word sex and anything that deals with that. The other day we had friends over and she told her 3 year old brother to show her girl friends (ages 3 and 4) his penis and was laughing at it. Well because he got attention from it he continued because he thought it was funny. I asked him not to do that and I was very angry and my daughter over this. I know she is only 4 but I have explained private parts over and over again to her. She also wants her brother to pretend to be her boyfriend and kiss her. I feel like I cannot leave them alone and I have a 1 year old as well while going to school. It is just hard because it just is a very difficult subject to approach to a 4 year old girl who thinks falling in love or being in love is the best thing in the world. Is it normal for my daughter to be so infatuated with this subject? I have no worries of sexual abuse.
2007-07-11 04:10:11 · 4 answers · asked by mommy30 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Ok (changing details) - My daugter is interested in things related to sex. She does not understand what it is, she heard that word from our 8 yr old neighbor (dealth with that through mother). She heard the word penis from myself and her father because we believe in giving anatomy correct words instead of "pee pee" and such. She is really into "love" and believes that kissing is a show that someone is another person's boyfriend. She seems to be more into having a "boyfriend" or pretending her brother is her boyfriend at play time. I have explained to her that she cannot do that. She just seems too young to be concerned with having a "boyfriend" and such. That is my concern. Her brother is only a year younger than she is so that makes it difficult. She is not roleplaying sex, she is roleplaying boyfriend/girlfriend type things that she has most likely seen on TV (joys of TV now-a-days). I do not let her watch anything sexual in nature!
2007-07-11 04:53:50 · update #1
why would a 4 year old girl know what sex is? and to be obsessed with being "in love"?
never heard of such a thing, and i'm 50
i find this a little odd...
i can see the urge for her to want to kiss, copying what she sees in her life, and on TV....
only thing i can say is stick to your guns. let the kids know their behavior is inappropriate. separate the son from the daughter when her friends are around as often as possible for a while.. hopefully he will forget about displaying himself ?
take care... yikes.
2007-07-11 04:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by letterstoheather 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your daughter has learned it from somewhere. She just doesn't know the word "sex" or "penis" she would have had to learn it from T.V. or somewhere else.
2007-07-11 04:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kids mimic what they see and hear. Is she around someone i.e. babysitter that would talk like that?
2007-07-11 04:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by bluebird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spank her butt and tell her it's not so funny now, is it?
2007-07-11 05:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋