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To expect my 5yo to behave like a 5yo and not a 15yo?!

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BooseysMom · 16/08/2019 21:46

Ok so has anyone heard of Stephen Sharer? He's a new rap style artist and my 5 nearly 6 yo DS has discovered him on YouTube. Today i couldn't believe it. He was watching this on my phone and i was watching it with him and agreeing it was good. Well it was a positive uplifting song so nothing to worry about. Then i made the fatal error of getting him to watch Will Smith as the Fresh Prince with Summer Time, thinking he must like that then. I mean who doesn't like Summertime? ...But oh no, not DS! He started moaning instantly at me to switch it off. I said why and he said he doesn't like my rubbish OLD music!! Rubbish?! Old?! Wtf! I was in shock and suddenly looking at a 15 yo spoilt brat and not my cute lovely 5 yo! Where the hell did that response come from? Can he really be rebelling at 5-6yo?!
So i'm asking AIBU to expect him to behave more his age at his age? If he behaves like this now will he be getting the vile teenage years out of the way early on? Nah! I'm not kidding myself with that one!Hmm

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BooseysMom · 17/08/2019 14:59

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GeePipe · 17/08/2019 15:02

Thats hilarious 😂😂 my nephew was listening to rap the other day and his mum didnt notice the dirty lyrics. He is 6. She was so shocked when she heard him sing it.

HennyPennyHorror · 17/08/2019 15:02

My 11 year old was dismissive of Stevie Nicks....HOW DARE SHE!?? Called it "Boring old person music"

Then she saw her 18 year old cousin (very cool girl) in a Stevie Nicks t shirt...

She asked who it was...was told...and I said "That's the woman who sings my boring, OLD person music!"

HA!

IdentifyAsCat · 17/08/2019 15:03

The problem may be that your 5 year old has relatively unhindered access to YouTube.
Children on tablets/YouTube/computers etc tend to have too much too soon.

BooseysMom · 17/08/2019 19:23

GeePipe.. omg no way! I can see that happening with DS at some point!

HennyPennyHorror..that's brilliant. Just dessert right there! The thing they really don't get and hate you saying is that all the new stuff they like has come about because of all the boring old person music we like! There's hardly ever anything really new because it's all been done before and 100x better Grin ...God i'm such an old git!!

IdentifyAsCat..you're spot on. He's being restricted on it now but i really wish i'd never introduced to bloody youtube. It's evil!

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