Surely not...?

[LetterBomb]

I'm probably going to get flamed for this but...

The other night DS (almost 10) had gone to bed. Half an hour later I went in to take some clothes in and he jumped a mile and grabbed his duvet cover and pulled it right up and asked what I wanted, seemed all shaken and defensive not thinking I said "you're not playing on the psp are you? its sleep time" and he snapped "no! go away!"

So I went over to pull the duvet cover off to find the psp (I have caught him with it before when he's supposed to be going to sleep) and he shouted at me that the psp was on the window ledge and to leave him alone. I checked and the psp was on the window ledge so I gave him a suspitious look and walked out.

Then it occured to me what he could have been doing surely not? at that age?

Is it time to be knocking before I go in the room and giving him more privacy?

[moopymoo]

why would you be flamed. yep i think its probably what you think it is. i share your ds1 is 10 and its all going a bit teenage here too.

[LetterBomb]

Thought I'd get flamed for invading his privacy etc

[MrsWeasley]

he could have just been looking!

[MrsWeasley]

I have an 11 yo and he isnt going to do that for another 10 years

[moopymoo]

its just uncharted territory isnt it, one minute they are little boys - thats why it didnt really occur to you, as it wouldnt to me.

[cory]

Hang on, are you saying that your little boys don't do it?

[LetterBomb]

exactly, I mean, if he'd been 14 I obviously wouldn't have gone to pull his covers off and I would have knocked first anyway but at 9 years old....like you say, it just doesn't occur!

[bellavita]

[TheInvisibleManDidIt]

Had a conversation with dh about this the other day.

He said around 10 he started to realise it 'felt good' and would have a play but never go the full way iyswim.

He thinks he was about 12 before realised what happened if he kept on playing.

DS1 will be 9 in a few months and I'm starting to worry about the next year

Think I'm with MrsWealey. He will not even be thinking about it until he's 25

[MortBlackCatResident]

Time to start knocking!

[chloemegjess]

Start knocking. He might just of been exploring. At that age though they have usually done sex ed so would know what it is all about. Might have heard something from a friend or older child and just wanted to see what he meant or something.