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11581038 tn?1419571996

7 yr old son showing interest in bondage.

My seven year old son seems to be showing interest in bondage. When he was younger,about 4 years old,he went through a short phase of wanting to tie his hands or legs together,or use some plastic handcuffs that he'd gotten in a playset to handcuff himself. After talking with him about it a couple times,he just seemed to lose interest.
Tonight,while he was playing in his room,he used his 14 yr old brothers ipad to get on youtube and watch videos about his video games,which he does a lot. After a little time passed by,i went to check on him,and he quickly shoved the ipad under his blankets,and when I pulled it out from under the blankets,i saw that he had been watching a video of two well endowed women,fully clothed,..using duct tape to tie each others arms and legs up with,and even had tape over their mouths. Although I had the parental lock settings on the ipad,evidently my oldest son has figured out how to unlock them,and my 7 yr old had typed in "girl tied up".
I am VERY concerned about this now,and I don't know what to do about it. I tried talking to him about it,and asked him why he was watching it,to which he replied "i don't know". I asked him if those videos made him feel a certain way,and I got the same response,only then,he started crying. I proceeded to ask if anyone had shown him this stuff or if anyone had touched him in his private areas,and he tells me no.
Im very concerned about this behavior showing up again,and I could really use some input on this type of behavior,and what,if anything,i need to do about it.
Thank you.
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11464225 tn?1421234990
I strongly suggest that you ask advice from a child therapist on how to best deal with your 7 year old son's fascination with bondage. If it still will not work then, you take him to the therapist for proper handling of his behavior.

I also believe that your 7 year-old saw his older brother check porn sites and that's where he learn how to search for that particular category. If you cannot bar your older son from accessing these sites, might as well confiscate the iPad.
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189897 tn?1441126518
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   Really doubt that what he was doing at 4 has any connection to what he is doing now.  And frankly, I would have a talk with your 14 year old.  Methinks the younger child is getting some help from somebody (guess, it could be another kid too).  But googleing, "girl tied up", at his age is (I think) a bit advanced to be doing just out of the blue.  If you still have the Ipad, check out the history and times of use to get a feeling for what was going on.
   Its pretty obvious that the 14 year old wanted to   "unlock" the Ipad for a reason.  I suggest you relock it and use a much stronger password.
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134578 tn?1693250592
Poor kid, he probably feels very embarrassed and really ashamed, and not even for something that he even fully understands.

I'd guess if it were my son that the issue is power and sex, but if he has not been made to feel inferior by a dominant woman I couldn't begin to guess why he has this.  

Perhaps you could make an appointment with a childen's therapist (you alone) and ask for some guidance as to the best way to respond.
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