B.C. asks from Houston, TX on May 25, 2011
6 Year Old Boy French Kissing Another 4 Year Old Boy
My son was playing at his friend’s house on the weekend. At one point he was playing in the basement with his friend’s younger brother. We were just told by the boys’ parents that my son
showed the 4 year old how to “French kiss” by sticking their tongues out and actually kissing.
My son told the little boy not to tell his parents that they did that. I know I need to address this with my son; but I don’t know how. Can someone help?
So What Happened?™
I want to THANK YOU for all your response. It really helped me to have a really good conversation with my son. I needed to talk to him about it as soon as possible cuz I was really concerned that he’s being exposed to the same kind of thing by someone older. I got to the bottom of it. It all started when we saw this local newspaper called “Westender” in Vancouver Canada. It catered to the gay and lesbian readers. It was just sitting in one of those newspaper boxes along the sidewalk. It had 2 male adults sticking their tongues out and licking each others tongues. When my son saw it, he pointed that out to me and I just brushed him off. I can’t imagine how much it had sunk into his little mind!!!! First I am really glad that he wasn’t shown to do that by another adult around him. That was my biggest concern. So we had a really good conversation about how to treat ours and others private parts and also ran over what’s “good touching” and “bad touching”. He was pretty smart. He kept asking why I am talking about that with him. He was waiting for me to say that his friend told his mom. I didn’t say anything about the incident happened at his friend’s house. I didn’t want him to get mad at his little friend for telling. I will address the “don’t tell your mom” part in another day. I figure dealing with too many issues all at once would cloud things up for him. Again, thank you so much for all your help. Now I just have to figure out how to talk about the “not telling” part. Have a wonderful day you all!!!
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A.P. answers from Gainesville on May 25, 2011
its as simple as you are not old enough to do that yet. That is something people do when they grow up and start dating which you aren't allowed to do yet.
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A.P. answers from Gainesville on May 25, 2011
its as simple as you are not old enough to do that yet. That is something people do when they grow up and start dating which you aren't allowed to do yet.
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E.B. answers from Fort Collins on May 25, 2011
I would not panic on where the other boy learned to kiss.
My son crawled in my lap at 2 years old, grabbed my face and tried to lay one on me. I started laughing until I realized that he was serious. He had seen daddy kiss momma and wanted to show me that he loved me too.
I simply explained to him that it was a "daddy and mommy kiss" and was something we did as his parents and a married couple. Then we came up with other ways that he could show me that he loved me.
Just be calm and stick to the facts. If it is not a big deal to you than it will not be a big deal to him.
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M.. answers from Ocala on May 25, 2011
OK, This is not good.
Tell him that he can not do that again.
Tell him that he can kiss when he is a grown up.
Leave it at that .
I wish you the best with this.
I would not want to be in your shoes.
Oh and by the way, don't forget to say I'm sorry to the other family on behallf of your son.
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K.E. answers from Denver on May 25, 2011
Sorry - didn't mean to repeat her post - LOL - she gave great advice!
I agree with Jen F - I would first ask where he learned to kiss like that - then remind him that is adult behavior and not suitable for little kids.
my worry would stem from the "don't tell" - it makes me wonder if whoever showed him said the same thing. :-(
Good luck
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K.M. answers from Chicago on May 25, 2011
You need to be honest with him .. it's not ok, you also need to talk to him about where it is ok and not ok to touch if you have not already. It's time to start talking and the other family needs to have the same talk.
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K.C. answers from Orlando on May 25, 2011
I agree with Jen F. Where did he hear, don't tell anybody? And where did a six year old learn how to properly french kiss?
You really need to sit down calmly and lovingly with your son and figure out if there is something more going on. Hopefully it is all innocent, and you will just need to explain when, where, and who it is appropriate to give short quick kisses too. Kissing with tongues is for adults.
What happened to kids thinking kissing was yucky?
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A.B. answers from St. Louis on May 25, 2011
Like someone else said, I would be worried about where he learned this and why he said not to tell. I'm sorry to say this - although you may have already considered it already - but I'd be very worried that an adult or older child has been sexually inappropriate with him. As someone else said, I wouldn't make it about him being in trouble, just about you wanting to understand more what happened and why he said and did those things. Even if he hasn't been molested, now might be a good time to talk with him about "good touch" and "bad touch."
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J.C. answers from Anchorage on May 25, 2011
ask him where he learned to kiss, and than just let him know that he is not yet old enough to be doing it. I would not mention the boy/girl issues at all.
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