Supressing this with make it bite you later in life, ask him to stop, but don't smother it out.
I can remember I was like that when I was his age. It's something that at times has allot of control over your emotions and can affect your daily life. I know it has with me to the extent of seeking medical help. I've been to doctors, sociologist, and even head doctors. They all have different views, but they all say the same thing in the end which is don't worry about it, because it's not harmful. But the fact is, it's still interfering is other people's life's.
Some doctors say it has to do with hormones, others say it has to do with electrolytes, but the fact is, there are so many people who have this issue. I know in my case, I won't date anyone unless I know it's ok to sleep at there feet. Yet, I'm not interested in the feet itself. I seem to crave the scent of feet when there not washed or if someone is wearing old slippers for the day. It don't drive me to be anymore sexual, it just has a calming affect as if nothing in the world is wrong anymore. Or a sense of security. I think to deal with this is to find out the affect it has on him since everyone is different, then go from there. Because in some cases, there is no pill for this and no real good reason why it happens to some people. I am now 62, and nothing has changed. I never grew out of it, and the lack of control I have with the scent of feet has never changed. So I totally understand were your coming from and your concerns.
I can remember I was like that when I was his age. It's something that at times has allot of control over your emotions and can affect your daily life. I know it has with me to the extent of seeking medical help. I've been to doctors, sociologist, and even head doctors. They all have different views, but they all say the same thing in the end which is don't worry about it, because it's not harmful. But the fact is, it's still interfering is other people's life's.
Some doctors say it has to do with hormones, others say it has to do with electrolytes, but the fact is, there are so many people who have this issue. I know in my case, I won't date anyone unless I know it's ok to sleep at there feet. Yet, I'm not interested in the feet itself. I seem to crave the scent of feet when there not washed or if someone is wearing old slippers for the day. It don't drive me to be anymore sexual, it just has a calming affect as if nothing in the world is wrong anymore. Or a sense of security. I think to deal with this is to find out the affect it has on him since everyone is different, then go from there. Because in some cases, there is no pill for this and no real good reason why it happens to some people. I am now 62, and nothing has changed. I never grew out of it, and the lack of control I have with the scent of feet has never changed. So I totally understand were your coming from and your concerns.
Sometimes kids have things that they are just really into. This can be especially true if he has any kind of autism spectrum disorder. If you suspect an ASD at all and he hasn't been evaluated, I would do so right away. Regardless of the ASD or not, I would work on lovingly telling him what is appropriate and what is not. Each time he grabs for someone's feet or shoes, I would kind of pull him aside and let him know that those do not belong to him and that it is not okay to do this with other people's feet or shoes.