9 year old inappropriate internet searching

[netty]

I was putting my sons ipod touch on charge earlier and his safari pages were open.

He had obviously been searching "boobies and tittys".
He ad 6-7 pages open with pictures of topless ladies on!

He is 10 in october,

What do i do? Do i say something to him to discourage him? Is this normal?

I could not see any smilar searches on his laptop so wonder if hi stepbrother used it at his dads but he is 20 and it seemed too immature for him!
He is not an angel but i honestly did not think I would be dealling with this yet

 

[Ozzieshunni]

I think all boys around that age start to get curious. I would maybe have a chat with him or having your OH do it? Just let him know if he has questions he can come to you, etc?

 

[moomin_troll]

id be suprised if a lad that age with access to the internet didnt look up boobies. i really dont think u need to bring it up with him

 

[Blah11]

i wouldnt bring it up either but maybe just put a net nanny thing on

 

[Lucy22]

i wouldnt bring it up either but maybe just put a net nanny thing on

I agree with this

 

[netty]

Is that easy to do on an ipod touch?
thanks girls - i'll look into that

 

[Ozzieshunni]

It's not that easy to do on an Itouch. I have one and I know you can set parental controls for apps. I bet if you did a bit of googling, you could find out.

 

[suzib76]

actually i would think it very strange for a 9yo

i have a 10 yo DD and and 8 yo DS and i would be mortified if any of them expressed a sexual interest

i would definately broach the subject somehow, if nothing else to confirm whether or not it was actually him that did it

 

[embo216]

I dont think its that strange for a 9/10 year old. My brother was a little menace for looking up boobies. Its not like its full on frontal, he's IMO just having a perfectly normal interest in boobs. His mates are most likely chatting about them and hes interested.

I must admit though Im not looking forward to this stage with Jack x

 

[netty]

i am sure it was him now as i cleared the history an dpages on his safari page and checked again earlier and there was another one open

 

[JakesMummy]

I know my 9 year old nephew, who is 10 next month, wouldn't actively search for boobs online, but when my dad has the Sun paper at home, and he comes over, he'll have a sly look at page 3 before realising I saw him!!! Puberty is just around the corner, so I guess there comes a time when they are curious about these things.

I am unsure how to broach it with him though, but maybe getting some kind of parental lock on these pages.

 

[stepmummy]

I think it's crucial, if you are going to allow internet access when they are alone, to have some kind of parental control on. If it's not possible with the itouch and he must have a laptop, I would get something else.

I think what he's searching is to be expected if he's got free reign on the web. I would be more concerned about other places he could stumble to that might get him in trouble over the coming years. The internet is a very dangerous place in the wrong hands.

 

[sparklyjubbly]

I agree wholeheartedly with stepmummy. We don't allow our 9 year old son access to the internet without one of us being there at the moment because personally i believe him to be too young. However i understand that different things work for different families etc so please don't think i'm lecturing.

What i definitely would suggest though is parental controls if you're going to carry on letting him have unsupervised 'net access. I really believe it to be a crucial thing if our Lo's are using the world wide web, as there are so many different things out there they could accidentally stumble across which are highly inappropriate (especially if they're being normal cheeky boys and searching for boobies!), not to mention the people out there that are looking for vunerable youngsters to groom etc. The internet is a fantastic and valuable tool for so many things but also has some awfully dark areas too that are surprisingly easy to come across innocently, which are solely our responsibility to protect our young kiddies from xox

 

[happygal]

my son will be 10 in feb and i had this with him the other month. i always check the history on his netbook and he had been searching for "nakid boobs". i told him that i knew what he had been looking at and i told him that its normal to be curious at his age. im not too worried about it, hes a 9 year old boy and to them i guess boobs a fascinating lol x

 

[netty]

thanks happygal it is reassuring to know that other boys his age are doing it too!! ifykwim.

 

[cabbagebaby]

it isnt just boy's that do it my little sister who is nine has looked up porn before !! no matter how many time my mum has told her off she still does it and you cant watch a kid 24/7 on what there doing because the internet is everywhere how she found it i dont know but i would say its pretty normal

 

[cherryglitter]

my dads gf's son looks up boobs he even had a picture as his homescreen on his phone, he's 8 nearly 9!

 

[tryin4baby]

he might of heard the word on a tv programme maybe and was curious? i would not be suprised and i dont think you should bring it up with him. most lads his age do this.

 

[NuKe]

personally i dont have any kids that old, but id have thought it was normal!

 

[mom22boys]

LOL sorry! I had the same thing happen to me but my son was using my phone to look things up. My son is 12. I sat him down and told him that when ever he uses my phone or his ipod that I can check and see what he is looking up. I did not tell him what I had found, I just told him that I know what he is searching so if its something that he would not want me to watch with him then its really not something he needs to be looking up. With all that being said he has not looked up anything else (that I have found) he could have figured out the delete button too tho!! LOL