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5 yr old too interested in sex..

My son is 5 years old. Today he was staying the night *for the first time ever* with my sister, and his 6 year old (female) cousin. My sister said she went outside to smoke, and came inside and found them under the covers ontop of eachother. She called me in hysterics. I quickly went to her house, because I know she overreacts with anger. By the time I got to her house my son was so traumatized from her yelling that he wouldn't speak to me. It took quite a long time at home to finally get him to talk to me.
He says that he was trying to put his weiner in. I asked him how he knew about that and he responded"I just do" and refused to elaborate. After explaining to him that he wasn't in trouble, that he could ask his father and I any questions at anytime without being in trouble, and that his activities were not approriate, we asked him if anyone had ever touched him like that. He quickly said "NO!"

After a little further conversation he started crying, and fell asleep hugging me.

I just need to know if this is normal behavor, or if there is something wrong with him.
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535822 tn?1443976780
Over reacts in anger' smokes ' it may not be a good idea to have her babysit at all. red flags go up in my head at this story .Its not him in my opinion the dynamics are wrong ..
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I might suggest you google the phrase "hypersexuality and children".  Unfortunately, this behaviour is far more common than most parents realize (just found out about it myself) and can be symptomatic of serious mental health issues as early onset bi-polar.  I'm sorry if I scared you, but this is something you will need to consider.
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1695661 tn?1314920399
you should consider who's he's around did he spend time with someone where he might have seen some porn or something like that? at 5 i'm sure there's only a limited amount of people around him and maybe you should try to bring it up again tomorrow when he's less upset about all the things that happened tonight is there any chance that this might have been his cousins idea? she's a little older maybe she heard or saw something and wanted to try it just because he's the boy doesn't automatically mean it was his idea this doesn't have to mean he was abused but it could mean that so try to get him to talk to you and if you feel like he needs it a doctors exam and a therapist
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