LMFAO

hmmmmm..

You think that behavior is normal?

how is that unprofessional? She said no when he asked to see her boobies. It is entirely inappropriate for a boy that age to show her his penis after asking to see her boobies. I hope she told the parents about this behavior. I wouldn't babysit the kid again.

The behavior isn't typical, but the urges, curiosity and forthrightness are. As for the OP, her lack of professionalism was in posting an FML about it (like a shrink posting an FML about a difficult client). She's obviously young.

The privacy between a patient and a shrink is nothing like a babysitter and the child they are watching. Also, she did not give a name or reveal her own, so the privacy has not at all been violated. Even in healthcare with the HIPAA laws, you can discuss a case as long as you are not giving any identifiable information. The child is 6 years old. Old enough to know that this behavior is unacceptable. 6 would put him in the 1st grade, most likely. Would it be unprofessional of a teacher to be uncomfortable with the situation? No. A teacher would inform the parent, and the parent would have to work on teaching their own child what is and is not ok.

#97 Actually, it's perfectly legal and acceptable for shrinks to post about their patients. How do you think they write all those books based on difficult cases and all??? The confidentiality thing makes that they can't reveal THE PATIENT'S NAME, not that they can't mention the issue itself. So you're doubly full of it. The only thing the babysitter is doing wrong is not being more assertive in explaining to the boy that while the urges are natural, that sort of behavior is not to be done the way he's doing it, especially in public/with strangers/with her, and that he should instead ask his mommy or daddy to tell him more about it. (That way, the blunder of explaining things how they see fit is where it should be, on the parents, and not on her.)

You mean sexual urges? At 6?? I know kids can be curious, but it appears our standards for a child's innocence are dropping to earlier and earlier ages: no-one in my first grade mentioned/paid attention to such parts of anatomy, let alone him asking to see them, as if to know they were a taboo of sorts; and then to have the rudeness of asking dispite that! This whole situation is messed up, and it seems to be part of a worrying trend in modern society.

Shut the hell up and worry about real things, there is no threat to what passes as "culture" in your trailer park. The fact is that kids of all ages have certain kinds of feelings, they just have no idea what they are. It's much healthier if these things are explained/expressed early in life for them.

Yeah, I feel I may have worded that a little strongly. The kids curiosity is normal, the OP is adding a lascivious element to a childs interactions which are inherently innocent. He's not capable of proper arousal at this age, he will be years off puberty unless there is something very wrong with his endocrine system. While it's true that his parents will need to be informed and have a chat with him about boundaries, this really shouldn't warrant an FML (imho). *waits to be buried for not going OMFG thats SICK*

Weirded you out, or turned you on? >;3

You mean Play girl.....

Pretty sure they mean playboy. They were talking about the kid. Playboy is a term that describes a guy that is basically a male ****. A guy that is out getting laid all the time by different women. I doubt it was referring to the magazine.