This was an odd thing to say, wasn't it?

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We moved house and our new neighbour's little boy is in our youngest daughter's class. They hop over the fence and play together after school. They're six.

Yesterday they were playing here and neighbour Mum calls over the fence to check everything okay because she can't hear them. I said they were fine and had gone inside to dd's bedroom to get something for their game.

"Oh, just be a bit careful if they're in there by themselves" says neighbour Mum, "B is watching an app about boyfriends and girlfriends at the moment..."

Again, they're SIX. That's a weird thing to say, right? What would you have replied? I mumbled something stupid about dd being a tough girl, but I can't even work out what I wish I HAD said.

"B is watching an app about boyfriends and girlfriends at the moment..."

Wow I agree very weird. I would be very interested in which App this is, as I can't think of anything that would be suitable for a 6 year old which is solely focused on boyfriends and girlfriends.

I would be keeping an eye on your neighbours son, and have a refresher chat to your daughter about PANTS.

What's PANTS?

I mean, I know what pants are, obviously. But you put it in capitals, so I wonder if it's an acronym for something useful.

I can't remember exactly what it stands for but it's the nspcc campaign for children understanding privacy. What's in your pants is private.

Here it is, I hope!

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule

I want to know what this app is?

I'd not be encouraging that friendship until I knew what the app was.

Yes because all 6 year old boys are sexual predators

The PANTS talk needs to be given to ALL children, just because he's watching some app about boyfriends and girlfriends doesn't mean he's going to start molesting every girl he sees. MN hysteria about boys yet again.

@WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream I don’t know where you’re getting that from, the OP doesn’t anywhere suggest she thinks the boy is a sexual preditor. She thinks it’s odd his mum thinks the kids shouldn’t be alone together

@BuffaloCauliflower I wasn't addressing the OP's post I was talking about another poster whose first thought was her DD needs the PANTS talk because she is playing with this 6 year old boy

@WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream ah I see, apologies.

Isn't the pants talk because the neighbour is implying her own kid us a sexual predator 🤯

I was talking about another poster whose first thought was her DD needs the PANTS talk because she is playing with this 6 year old boy

I assume i'm the poster in question, and I stand by the Op giving her daughter a refresher on PANTS. I'm not in any way implying the neighbous child is a sexual predator, but since we don't know what the app is I think it would be a good reminder to the OPs daughter about being able to say no to things she doesn't like.

Yes PANTS is most often about privates are private, but it's also about being in control of your body so saying no to things that make you uncomfortable.