Hi everyone. I am a little concerned about my nearly 6 year old son and his rude behaviour. Recently he has started to pull down his shorts and jocks. At his swimming lesson, he did it so when he was swimming everyone could see his bum. Yesterday I noticed him sticking his hands up his pants to reveal his penis. Luckily noone saw it (well I don't think anyone did). I had a chat with him last night saying that his private parts are only for himself but not sure what else to do. I don't want him doing it at school and getting into trouble.
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If it was my son, he would have been pulled from the pool immediately and been taken straight home.
Talking is nice and all, but now he knows and he has been told it’s time for immediate consequences if it happens again.
Getting tough on him, you will save your son and your self a lot of heartache and pain in the long run.
I wouldn't be overly concerned - he is only 5 and little boys do think bums and doodles are hilarious 😂- but deffinatley not behaviour I would be tolerating. Nip it in the bud, you've had a chat to him, catch him doing it again and that would be the end of his swimming lesson and perhaps another punishment at home (confiscate Favorite toy for eg). Being that he is little too, maybe a reminder on the drive to the swimming lesson about what we don't do could help too. All the best
My boy is 6 in May and he has been doing the same. The teacher told me he pulled his pants down during outside play and showed the kids his bum. She had a word to him and I also did at home. He since hasn't done it in public but randomly likes to do it at home, which I don't make a fuss about, just casually remind him that it's rude and we don't show people our privates like that. If he continues after that (which is sometimes if he is feeling extra turdy) I will send him to his room.
I feel like it's just a kid thing. He laughs at poo jokes and fart jokes and loves anything gross and weird. And I feel like it's a phase that will pass eventually. The more air time I give it, the more he does it so I don't make a big deal.
I wouldn’t be taking a nice approach with this. I would have picked him up out of the pool and told him that behaviour is unexceptable and if he does it again then he can expect the same outcome.
If you’ve been having the private part talk regularly then he should know his behaviour is wrong
I have a video of my daughters birthday party when she turned 7, her 8 year old brother was doing a magic show for all the kids and there were about 20 kids there sitting down watching. What I didn't even notice, and is all on the video, was my 4 year old son standing up beside his big brother in front of all these kids with his pants down around his ankles! Just standing there with arms folded and a smug little look on his face! He is 15 now and so embarrassed of that video 😂 He doesn't randomly pull his pants down anymore but I do think little boys just like doing it for the attention, class clown kind of thing! Obviously don't encourage him but I don't think it's anything to be worried about, he will one day be mortified about it all 😂