I caught my teen looking at half naked women on tiktok: Advice?

I found my son looking at almost naked women on TikTok. So my son is 13 years old and we have a well established trust when it comes to his phone. He is on under kid settings when it comes to internet content and messages and most things on his phone. I’ve allowed him to have Snapchat and TikTok with the agreement of him allowing me to look at it from time to time.Today I read an article about Snapchat and this “for my eyes only” thing and all these kids sexting. I asked if he has done that and he said no. I asked to look at his phone and he said ok. His Snapchat was clear and he’s never set up that “for my eyes only” thing so that was comforting. We talked about sending sexual photos and the dangers out there and so on. But thennnnn I opened his TikTok. The videos he had previously liked were all half naked (or less) women, bouncing around or doing something sexual.I didn’t say anything and acted like I didn’t see that.I didn’t want to say something wrong or overreact so I decided to take ome time to think about how to approach this.I know teenaged get curious and look at content like this. How should I talk to him about it? What have you mamas done when you discovered your child was looking at this kind of stuff?

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Talk to bust out the seggs talk

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It’s normal at that age, don’t think it’s anything to make a big deal out of

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Normal… won’t be long now till you find crusty socks and washclothes under the bed. :wink:

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Talk to him. This is pretty age appropriate behavior… we talked to my son about the dangers of surfing the web for things and how most the time what he’ll find is an inaccurate description of acts/women. ( I.e porns and such) we talked about consent and how he was still to young to be looking at things but it was normal. Don’t make them feel shamed or abnormal for it… it’s absolutely normal and you really want to open the door for honesty

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Consider kids are starting way earlier than that now and days. You should of had a sex talk with him. My god my brother hid playboys under his mattress he bought at school (people sell them out of their lockers) in 6th grade :joy:

Just have a general talk about respect. But honestly, people put the stuff on Tik Tok to be seen so he isn’t disrespecting them by watching it. Like you said, he’s a curious teen. I wouldn’t even make a big deal about it

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Completely normal. But make sure he understands that this isn’t ‘real’. All of these girls are filtered, don’t let him grow up with unrealistic expectations for his future partners.

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You don’t make it about them watching tiktok. You talk to him about sex and safe choices and consent. Don’t shame them for being curious. Treat it like any other conversation and you do this til it doesn’t feel weird. (Because let’s be honest here I’m pretty sure every parent dreads this topic lmaooo)

Talk to a male that you can trust to be honest about what it was like as a 13 Year Old boy. Talk about what you saw and how would they then, approach it or wished how their parents would have approached it.

Than depending on how that conversation goes I would sit my son down and give him a talk about sex, likes and dislikes, safe videos and not safe videos, how you can’t judge someone’s looks by what they post as you can ‘filter’ your appearance etc.

That’s what they do. Do urself a favor and look the other way before u create a life long issue. Ur going to cause a lying, sneaking male. Like we don’t have enough of them. Please leave him alone!!!

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At least he’s not looking at men

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That’s not the worst on tiktok it’s a horrible app and certainly not for kids

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You can’t filter anything on tiktok. There is no such thing as “kids settings” for that app. So as much as you try to filter what he sees, if he is on tiktok, this is pretty common content. He probably isn’t going out of his way to search it. It’s probably just popping up on the main page. It might be time to have a conversation with him about respect, boundaries, consent, appropriate online behavior, and the difference between online vs reality. Id also chat about how he’s likely seeing other men respond to these videos in the comments and have a conversation about how that’s not appropriate or respectful behavior.

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He’s 13. He sees things all over that are making things happen with his body. It’s everywhere so he’s just curious and exploring. Privately. I would teach him how to wash his own bed sheets today.

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My son’s 12 I’ve found porn in his internet history. I’ve sent ground rules for it and left it alone because it could be worse

If you haven’t already talked with him, he needs to be educated around sex. This sounds pretty normal, but we’re not doing our kids any favors by letting them learn sex Ed from tik tok :woman_shrugging:

Idk why people allow their children on tiktok anyway. That app is the devil lol
For real though, I don’t let my kids on that app nor YouTube. They def don’t have social media. Too much crap that influences kids these days.

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He’s a normal kid. Jeez mom. Let him be

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I think that’s normal for a teenaged boy in my opinion and if he’s letting u look at his phone and you are talking to him about the risk of sending pictures and things I don’t see a problem

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Haha I found my son looking during quarantine okkkkk he was supposed to be doing his work on the computer. It’s been 2 years and I think they just get extra sly. He was 9

Foolish to let kids on any of the apps. Predators are imbedded in all of them.
You run the risk everyday of one reaching out to your child.
We’ve done extensive research and it only takes a Predators 2 minutes of grooming talk to convince the average 13 year old to hide conversations from parents.

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So I take it he hasn’t seen Game of Thrones… lol

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He doesn’t watch regular TV??

That’s his age, talk to him about it, but take tok isn’t good some times

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His a boy let him go

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If he has any access to the internet whether it’s TikTok,Snapchat etc. he’s going to find a way to look at naked women and there really isn’t anything you can do about it boys are visual. He’s feeling new things he’s never felt before.

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Better then half naked men
Be thankful…time for the sex talk

Leave this kid alone. He’s 13 and this is perfectly normal. He could be sending :eggplant: pics or something and he’s not. So I’d say you’re in good shape

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Sounds like it’s about that time. Better start moving before you go in his room :rofl::rofl::rofl:

He’s just going to be more sneaky about it if you make it a big deal. He’s a normal teenage boy. At least he’s not sitting around watching p**n all day like some teenagers.

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I think that’s normal behaviour

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Even without internet access kids find a way to look when their curiosity starts… I did, there wasn’t access to internet then.
That’s really a part of normal growing up imo. He’s 13… not 8

Tell him it normal to look at don’t Shane him but have the talk about sexting n about the dangers of sending it to his friends though they are the same age he can be nailed for sending porn to minors

Mama of 3 boys… honestly I wouldn’t make a big deal. It’s the most natural thing in the world! Making a big deal will just make him do it more and he’ll get sneakier about it. Just talk and answer any questions he has honestly

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Communication. Education is also key. This is where I might start touching on. Consent is always key. Doesn’t matter if you or she says no after saying yes 10 minutes ago.

He’s going to find the information one way or another. Education and communication are going to be your best tools.

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I’ll be the odd ball out here but it’s NORMAL for teens to do this stuff. Don’t make him feel embarrassed or feel the need to go behind your back and hide it. Have the talk w him & see if he has any questions. Teens are gonna do it whether you allow it or not the best thing you can do as a mother is make sure he’s comfortable coming to you. Make sure he has the right things (lube,etc) so he doesn’t hurt himself (bc he can and probably will) You don’t have to explain to him just leave it somewhere he can find it & just be thankful he’s just looking and not out getting some girl pregnant.

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He’s normal.hes probably be M’ing for YEARS. best to close the door and knock and cough loudly before entering. And yes , he’s watching p*rn

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It’s tik tok. If you don’t want him seeing this stuff then he shouldn’t have a tik tok. Over half of tik tok is half naked and sexual in nature. It’s sad but it is what it is

That really isn’t abnormal for his age. You better knock before entering his room now or you’ll be back here with more questions :joy:

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Well, you let him have TikTok where there is TONS of adult content. What did you expect?

Buy him his own set of towels to ruin

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Snapchat is the number one site to not allow. All messages are deleted within 24 hrs, if not right away. But in reality he is 13 and a boy…his hormones are kicking in and porn and nudity is common. However it is now a law for sending and receiving nude photos of anyone under 18 even if you are under 18 yourself so to avoid having the amazing justice system take over and charge him as an offender please remind him that it’s actually illegal. Also remind him that actual offenders like to pretend to be people that aren’t to kidnap children and to always be safe.

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Give him an old sock. He’ll be fine. Just have a heart to heart with him and don’t be a dick (pun intended) about itor you’ll push him away

Don’t say anything. If you jump all over him you will close the door to any kind of communication. I divorced my kids’ father when they were very young. I always kept the lines of communication open with them. My 8 year old son noticed his body starting to have reactions to females and asked me about it without hesitation or shame. I told him it was perfectly natural, not to worry, but in our society, it was best if he didn’t let anyone else know. He was satisfied with that and would always ask me if he had questions. As far as I know, he never had X-rated magazines at the house, turns out he didn’t need to. My second husband had an unhealthy supply and since we both worked and didn’t get home until after the kids came in from school, the kids found them. And his videos. I ended up leaving the sick as*hole not long after because his son went after my 12 year old daughter. The son was 13. We got divorced. But my son never had trouble talking with me… so keep the lines of communication open and there shouldn’t be any problems.

I went through it with mine its the age :rofl:

That is completely normal for his age. His body is changing and he is experiencing new feelings. Teach him how to wash his bedding and clothing. And also just have a conversation with him about it being normal to have these feelings but also what he sees online is not what he should expect in real life in any way.

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Developmentally normal.

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That talk should of been done and you would of been prepped for this early on. Both my girls had the talk early. My cousin tried to talk to her son it didn’t work, he needed a male figure for that.

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Let him be hes a teen boy with raging hormones, tik tok doesn’t allow more than scantily clad women so there’s no fear of actual nudity.

Don’t give him social media then lol it’s going to happen.

Honestly, I wouldn’t make a big deal of it.
Boys do that lol, it’s normal behavior at that age.
As a mother do you really want him to be, probably not, BUT at least he was honest. & just gave you his phone. He could’ve very well tried to hide what he was looking at.
So I say let it slide, save him the embarrassing convo about it :sweat_smile::laughing:

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Totally normal at this age

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He’s doing what normal 13 year old boys do. He’s going through puberty at this point and is curious. I’d drop it.

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I mean it’s better than him going out and bringing you back a grand baby at 13……. He’s a young boy who is sexually developing and looking at p0rn of girls being provocative on the internet is what typical teen boys do. Like someone else said, knock before entering or else you’ll be back here with a lot more than questions LOL

He just hit puberty. He’s starting to feel…things. It’s normal. I’d give patience, space and understanding right now. Being a teen is hard. I’m sure he’s embarrassed that you caught him anyway.

Better it be on an app than to become a creep doing it in real life because he wasnt allowed to sneak a peak on his device Boys look…and girls do too. Have you ever taken them to a lake, beach, public pool, or a water park inside of an amusement park? You may not catch it, but boys look at females. Adults do the same thing…everyone’s human and theres no stopping it. Dont be surprised if hes discovered how to go incognito on his browser and look stuff up. Or how to delete browsing activity or history on anything. My oldest boys are almost 14 and 15, and when I first discovered they were looking at things on their devices the only thing I could really do is talk to them about it. And the dangers of other things because even if I say no dont do that, they’re gonna do it anyway but they’d become sneaky about it. Let them know about sexting and that there are severe consequences if they do anything that could get them in trouble. All you can do at this point is make them aware. Dont not say anything, it’s your job to teach them these things. Make them aware that every action has a consequence. So if your kid ends up sexting, and someone says no…then non means no. That also applies in real life, no means no. And…even if he isnt able to see it on his own…I’m sure he has friends that will show him stuff. As I said it’s not avoidable.

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“Back in the day” it was Playboy magazines under my brother’s mattress that my mom found. He’s a “normal” teenaged boy. Let it go, but keep an eye/ear turned toward continuing to monitor as you have.

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Give him some privacy! Kids will be kids! Be thankful that’s all he’s doing. Stop being “that person”

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Very Normal. Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. My son is 14 and we have this rule. I don’t want to see it. Lock your door, delete your history. My other rule is idc what you’re into we all have our niches but it must always be consensual and never with a child. He’s a boy. Those hormones are raging.

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It’s normal they all get curious, also would probably be a great time to start talking to him about ways to protect in case he does end up having sex, condoms, STD, and unwanted pregnancy. Some parents think that at that age they are to young for that but I would say is best for him to know

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Now it’s tiktok. It used to be club,penthouse and hustler. Just be thankful he wasn’t looking at half naked men

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totally normal. Set some boundaries’ and time for some adult sex talk. Hormones… this is the fun part of parenting… Don’t shame him, this is just fruit ripening.

As long as it’s not certain websites I think it’s fine. I personally would have his father or someone sit down and talk about it if you wanted to keep pushing for a talk. Our oldest is 13, and I let my husband have those talks about puberty and stuff because well, I’m a girl and I know it’s different for both. Everyone approaches this different. As long as it’s not explicit videos and websites he is on it would be fine. He can go to Walmart and see girls wearing crop tops and short shorts just as well as on tik tok, same with the beach.

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Leave that poor boy alone. And stop making him feel bad for being normal

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The internet is the new age magazine. Totally normal, be happy he’s doing it in private.

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It’s normal! Leave the poor kid alone!

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He’s a teenager he’s going to do it just talk to him about respecting a female. I’d rather it be on an electronic than in person at his age

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At least it’s tiktok and not something else

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Please don’t shame him or make him feel bad for something completely normal.

He’s 13. It’s normal.

He’s 13 ! It’s completely normal! Teens are going through major hormones !
Teach him about sex, his body and about girls and everything he needs to know !

It’s normal. He’s 13. Let him have some privacy. Be thankful that’s all he’s doing, and it’s not more.
Also, even if he was using the “my eyes only” feature, could you imagine how much of a damper that would put on your relationship with him if you MADE him open it? It would show you have ZERO trust for him….which in a way, you’re already showing.
I understand if he was like 10-11. But he’s 13. Give him some privacy.

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How about… it’s absolutely normal.

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My 13yo son also does this… I just approach it by having a normal convo about it and not make it weird as it’s a normal thing for young curious teens. I’ll just let him be curious he’s going do it anyway I’ve seen he’s searched anime porn :sweat_smile: I haven’t said anything to him as I know he’s just curious lol. He knows he can come to me with questions or anything and I’ll answer them best I can! I always tell him he can talk to me about anything it’s what I’m here for! We can also have a good laugh and joke about things to so nothing weird or awkward about anything between me and my son or even his dad when they have a chat :slightly_smiling_face:

Leave him alone :woman_facepalming:

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I mean, this would be a concern if he was maybe 8-10/11 but he’s 13… this is beyond normal … I’d be letting em go honestly & pretending I didn’t see that .

Leave him alone, he deserves a little privacy

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He’s 13. He’s going to look at half naked women. Leave him be. It’s normal!

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Lol he has discovered the beauty of women let him enjoy

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Hes cuious. LEt him be

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He’s 13 and thats normal, you can’t shelter him forever. Give him some privacy.

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It’s completely normal for people (teens) to look at those things. I would have a talk with him and explain to him that what he sees on the internet (porn as well) is not a real expectation of women in the real world. That the things he sees he can expect women to look like or do. That’s it’s completely normal and is ok to look, or feel certain feelings when looking at the content.

At least on tik tok they’re only half naked, everywhere else he looks they’re probably nude :man_shrugging:t2:

He’s 13. You expect 13 year old hormones to use logic???

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My boys done the same thing. This is pretty normal for kids that age. Looking at half naked women online is safer too.

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He’s really not doing anything wrong. It’s not like he’s looking up straight up porn. Which even if he was he’s growing into his sexuality. If you shame him for it now it’ll only make him hide it. Dont be THAT mom

He’s a boy. He’s gonna do it. The only thing you can do is explain why he shouldn’t watch that(don’t get to into it). I’m sure you’ve seen porn too, I have. We get curious when we’re young. Be open.

All I know is tictok has a algorithm and the more videos he likes of that the more they ill show up.

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Don’t see why you’re making anything of it, he’s 13 for goodness sake, he’s curious and its perfectly normal. Leave him be.

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He sounds like a perfectly normal 13 year old. Leave him alone. That’s not a conversation for you and him to have.

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It’s normal especially at this age. I think at 13 he should be having a little privacy especially with puberty and becoming a young man.

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Poor kid… He’s just finally hit that age of hormones and curiosity! He’s not doing anything wrong and I promise if you start confronting him he’s gonna start finding ways behind your back and then it’ll be full nude ladies he looks at instead of half nude ones on TikTok!

It’s normal… but you should have a talk with him about things online not being the norm… porn for example, he could be watching some pretty weird stuff and expect that’s how it is. Explain to him that what’s online isn’t necessarily real/the norm.

Leave that boy alone just don’t be concerned he’s looking at titties I’d be concerned if he wasn’t at that age :relieved: