Children and sex

[sevans73]

Our children sleep in the same room. Boy is 7..Girl is 5... we caught them talking about having sex together. What should we do? For the time being we are having one sleep on the couch and one in the bedroom. We talked to them together and separately about anyone touching them and that it is ok for them to tell us. They both said no one has and they have not touched eachother. I know children are curious but is this normal for children at his age to talk about this? We only have 2 bdrms so that is why they share a room. We are both in shock and don't know what to do or how to handle it. Any advice would be great!

[sevans73]

Thank you all for your responses. I really wasn't sure what to do. My son finally told me that a friend from school told my son that a mutual friend of theirs had sex with his own sister. Being in 1st grade I don't think he really understood that it is not ok. We learned this info last night and handled the situation the best we could. We didn't let them sleep in the same room yet since this is all still fresh to us.

Thanks again!

[katarina777]

I agree with the last poster. They hear this stuff everywhere but probably don't even know what it is. i would let them sleep together like before. (in the same room)  Don't scare them. i would think the worst they would do is expose themselves to each other. many kids do that once or twice, or whatever.

[ithinkihaveaproblem]

Thats funny I seen this. (your problem isnt funny)
My little brother who is seven plays games on the computer, so we dont really watch him on it. But whatever is searched on the computer is saved in the search bar and I noticed someone was searching (girls privats, real penis, girls penis) and a bunch of stuff like that, but spelled all wrong, so I knew it was my little brother.
Me and my mother have had the good touch bad touch talk with him and all that, but I think they just curious. I think the best thing would be to explain that sex is something adults do and all that.

hope I helped.

[Gabby313]

maybe you need to have a talk to them and say family members can not sleep with one another. also do they really know what sex is because they may think sex is sleeping in the same bed with clothes. but i would put them in separete rooms as ur  7 yr old is probably realising he cab get pleasure from is private parts. both of them will need to learn that is a private thing to do.