I have a 12 year old son, who is a straight A student,athletic, lots of friends, and good looking (according to my friends). The last couple of weeks, he has been very emotional, cries and says everything is boring and he doesn't feel right. Could this be emotions associated with puberty..
We had a great summer, went on a cruise. He was looking forward to this vacation, we had a great time, busy doing activities every day. Soon after we returned he got a fever, but fully recovered after a couple of days. He was feeling very anxious and he told me that he feels very guilty but when he was 10 - his friend and him where curious and re-enacted something they saw on tv. I hugged him and told him all kids are curious about sex, all kids are curiou and it was okay, but don't do it again. He later confessed he was on the internet and a porno sight popped up, and he looked. He was then worried he would get arrested for looking. Now he feels like everything is boring. He's fine at school - he is doing soccer and martial arts - but he is feeling confused why he is feeling this way. I've been reading about puberty and I just want him to reassure him that kids his age that this is puberty and is very normal.