My wife caught our 8 year old son playing with himself looking at a Target ad. How should we address this?

Question

My wife caught our 8 year old son playing with himself looking at a Target ad. How should we address this?

Answer 1

u dont unless he was in one of the public rooms of the house

Answer 2

Where did she catch him?  If he was in an open area, calmly address it that he needs to do that in his bedroom or in the bathroom with the door shut.  Don't make him feel embarrassed about it, just that privates are privates because they're only for him to touch.

If she caught him doing it in his own room/bathroom, then she should start knocking when the door is shut!

Answer 3

Honestly!

Answer 4

Tell him its a normal thing to do, but it should be done in private.

Answer 5

If he was in the living room, remind him that this is a private activity, and he should go to his room or the bathroom.  

If he WAS in his room or the bathroom, learn to knock.

Answer 6

You didn't say where he was caught doing this?  If it was in the privacy of his own room then leave him alone and don't address it at all.  If it was in another room where anyone could walk in on him just tell him he needs to that in the privacy of his own room with the door closed.

Answer 7

Maybe you should sit him down and talk about the birds and the bees.. I know he sounds young..but if he is old enough to be playing with himself..knowing that his little area down there is used for something of pleasure... he might just be old enough to hear the talk.

Answer 8

Dad its time for you and he to have "the talk" if you haven't already. My question for you though was he clearly masterbating or just touching him self? Questions you can ask him also. If he's curious about his sexuality shouldn't you be the first person to explain it to him. Because first a Target magazine and then a Play-boy you know what i mean.

Answer 9

You should put tabasco sauce on his hands so if he touches it then it will burn.  Also read him the Bible.  He is sinning.

Answer 10

He needs to know that it isn't wrong, he just needs to know that it is private, and needs to do it in his room.  A lot of parents freak when they find that there children touch themselves...but it is a perfectly normal thing to do.  They should never be told that it is dirty or wrong.

Answer 11

Get him a playboy? Seriously it happens. How you deal with it will shape how he handles relationships in the future. Even babies get boners

Answer 12

Don't because he will feel he is shy,don't open the conversation<we saw you> talk to him about whats happening and tell him 30 percent about s*x ... he is a little child ofcource he saw someone doing that so he did it ....

Answer 13

Just don't

The boy has the right to discover his anatomy.

It'll just embarass you and embarass him.

Remember that scene from american pie?

Answer 14

He's 8! Boys play with themselves their whole life without even knowing it! Blimey, i don't think he knows about that yet anyway!