Ill show you mine if you show me yours

My son is five and recently he and the two neighbor boys ,who are also five, were in their fort showing eachother their penises. My 8 year old daughter saw them and told me about it. I told her they were most likely comparing parts and told her it wasn't a big deal. My daughter, in an attempt to villify her younger brother after not accomplishing this with me, told her grandmother. My ex-inlaws, or outlaws brought this up to me and told me its not normal at all and I should be very concerned. The grandfather told me the kids will turn out to be like Jeffrey Dahmer. I told them I thought it was normal behavior and I did not think it would lead to them eating people as adults. So I guess my question is..Is this normal behavior for young boys to show eachother their penises and should I be concerned?

Kids are usually quite curious at that age; I wouldn't worry about it at all.

If they are at similar age it is normal.

When they are one, they dont realize it. When they are five, they are trying to figure out whats the deal and why they look differnet from their friends. When theyre 13, they are comparing boner size. Its just guys, theyre weird.

Its very normal..

Unless your going to chop there penises off for comparing..don't worry.

I did the same thing as a young boy and it never affected me it is a natural thing for boys to do

u bet to stop him before he go gay

it is natural curiosity, they will not 'go gay' because of it. If that were the case, most of the world would be gay...

don't worry about it I did it when I was that age every guy does it nothing is going to happen

Yeah it normal♥

This is entirely normal and innocent. The worst thing you could do is make a big deal of it.

Tell your son about private areas and that generally nobody outside of family or his doctor should see anyplace covered up by underwear. Don't make him feel guilty about this, just tell him that he is growing up and big boys don't go around showing other people their private parts.

My 4 year old is a little nudist. She always runs around nude after baths and whenever she feels like it. I had the talk about private parts with her and she knows not to go nude in public but she still considers home fair game. We do have to keep an eye on her when we have company though.

The grandfather who thinks your son will turn into a serial killer because he saw a pen*s sounds like a crazy old coot.

This is completely normal. Kids at the age do get curious, I know I did. It's just somthing going around in your mind, whats this hanging here, do others have it? I would not be worried unless he was with some one older than him. And when he gets to his early teen years, he is going to start mastrabtion, and he might do it with his friends, so its completely normal, and there shuld be nothing to worrie about.

what about if it was an sister 6 and her brother 10 and a guy friend 8 years old who did this. ill show you mine if you show me yours. the brother that was 10 has an learning disability and did not talk till he was five and that he learned this from other kids when he was five. my mother thinks that this was normal behaviour. if the sister told the brother that she forgives him for playing this game dose that mean he was bad. I talked to my mother about this she said what happed was not wrong but maybe a bit inoperative but the boy didn't know better. but this what kids do its a fays. there just trying to finger things out. and that the boy might have been ten but his brain was younger and slower then other kids. and that she don't not think the boy should feel bad about things. kids learn this from other kids and copy it its not about being a pervert but being curies about other parts. what do you people think about this I am not sure how to feel.