To think my son is quite immature?

[ShittyBogStain]

My son is 10.

I have just looked at his msn contact list and all the boys from his class at school have status things such as "Jes is so fit xx" and "Shan and Coz 4evr" etc

DS doesn't seem to have noticed girls at all yet. On the way to school I hear his friends going on about girls and who they fancy etc and DS just stays quiet or tries to change the subject.

In the past few months 2 girls have let on that they 'fancy' him and if anyone mentions it, he gets embarrassed and attacks them (playfully but still).

I'm worried! I know I shouldn't be but I am. I don't want him to be the naive little boy that doesn't get a girlfriend until he's 30!

He's 10!!!!!

He's got the rest of his life to be interested in girls, I'd make the most of it if I were you.

Love the name, btw

aw change your name go on.

my ds isn't bothered about girls either and he's nearly 16

he is 10

YABVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVU

i have a 9.5 year old,am glad he is not on MSN, talking aboutfancying girls etc

he is a child

yabu

I didn't think about boys until about age 16, was far too interested in horses , lol, never had any trouble getting a bloke

(hate your name, sorry!)

They are all different
my DS is 19 and has not had a proper girlfriend yet
and he wasn't into girls at 10
unlike DD12 who has lots of boyfriends already

Aww, he's only 10. If he senses you think he should have a girlfriend or be showing an interest in girls, he'll be mortified.

Its oversexualising kids before they are ready, imo.

He is immature?
Hmm, your name is shittybogstain ?

Seriously I would say that 10 is still very young to be lusting after girls

He is 10.

And he might not be showing an interest in girls because he might be gay. He probably won't realise it at 10, but I would refrain from 'pushing' him to be interested in girls.

goodpoint, lizzy"

Goodness DSM, thats a bit of a leap!

A 13 year old cousin of mine befriended me on facebook recently and her facebook status said 'in a relationship'.

I was

Its just a suggestion.

Maybe he isn't interested in girls not because he is immature but because he simply isn't interested in girls.

FWIW, I don't think that it is immature to not have sexualised feelings at 10 anyway.

My eldest is 5, and I sincerely hope I have more than 5 years before I have to start worrying about that.
I want him to be more interested in football/rugby/cricket/dancing anything but not girls (or boys for that matter) not that early.

it's not that great a leap is it? there's a good chance he'll be gay or straight, one or the other although obviously for some people it's more fluid than that

can't imagine wanting a 10yr old to be interested in sexual matters, beyond the obvious sniggering about it

I don't think I was interested in boys at that age, or maybe I was but would NEVER have admitted it.
yabu

I think its a leap to suggest that because a 10 year old boy is not interested in girls, he might be gay. He's 10!!

Blimey - he is only 10. DS1 is nearly 12 and would run a mile at the mention of someone being interested in him.

Only as much of a leap as thinking he's immature

I only cared about ponies at that age

not much has changed

I am not saying that he should be interested in anyone, but if his friends seem to be saying such things, then maybe 10 isn't really too young. I fancied boys when I was 10.

An 11yo boy fathered a child a few months ago.

Where is Shitty anyway?

i would be more concerned that he is into girls at 10. Far too young. I couldnt stand boys until well into my teens. very odd post from the OP.

Seriously, most 10yo boys are not interested in girls yet. A few will be, usually because they're also physically developing. Others will pretend to be to go along with the crowd. At 10, not being interested is very much the norm. By 20 it would be less usual not to have any interest in one sex or the other. Don't fret about it.

No one dated at our school until the last year so 15/16! I too was more intrested in the horses