not for children-behavior of 6 year old

I don't really know how to answer your question so I'll just try the best I can. Not sure if you would call this advice or anything but here's my own experience with this issue. I have a 7 yr. son who doesn't want other children to see him and he doesn't care to see others. He knows that this is their own body and that we don't "show it off" or whatever you want to call it. He doesn't seem to look at butts either. I'm not sure if this is because of maybe the different pasts that my son and yours may of had or what but thats all that I know. I did used to babysit a boy who when he was around 6 did have a great intrest in wanting to look and know about other peoples "bodies". Maybe it's just curiosity. Has he acted out in any other way that may have you concerned? I wouldn't think it would really be that huge of a deal unless other things were happening along with it, but then again I'm not an expert and don't have much advice. Maybe talk to a theripist if have one and see if there are any issues that may need to be addressed. Sorry about not having much advice but hope this kinda gives you a little bit of weighing what you need to Good luck

I have small recollections of a fascination with bodies (from age 4-10) I simply longed to know everything about everything. BUT I wasn't preoccupied with it. It wasn't taking up all my time and attention. When it becomes akin to an obsession then IMO, it needs a therapist to determine whats up. If it is occasional and has been going on for some time then I dunno what to say. However, if the emphasis is STRONG and recently appeared "out of the blue" then there is cause for worry especially about sexual abuse occuring (perp OR victim)

no, it is not at his age acceptable to be looking about people's private parts... and if it is new then it is an indicator of something more severe (the sex abuse) but yes, it probably is in the acceptable range of behaviors in days past....but the way the world is today....he is not "safe" wanting to see other people's private parts for one thing....he can get in some major trouble for it.....

Wanting to look is not nessesarily the bad thing. We don't want kids to be ashamed of being curious. However, he has to learn when it's OK and not OK to look and what actions are and are not OK. As in, he can peek at a baby being changed but he cannot pull someone's pants down to see. Also one thing about kids that age, especially boys, some things they just think are very funny. One of those is the word Butt. Potty humor is big among little boys. If it's just one or two time thing, it's probably just curiosity, if he is getting obesessed it might be something to worry about. Sometimes if a child that age who has no siblings accidentely sees someone who looks different (older, or opposite sex) they become very curious and wonder if other people look like them or the person they saw. They might want to see a couple more people to see, but you can explain that we don't look at people's private parts. There might be a book you can get that is age appropriate about the difference between boys and girls. We had a set of books, and the one for little kids talked about the difference between boys and girls and had some very basic, very simple drawings, and taught children proper terminology. Something like that will help if it's just curiosity.

Well, you didn't mention whether the wanting to look was in a predatory sense, or a curiosity...but considering you're writing about it...is this maybe a little more suggestive looking than the average curiosity? When I was young, VERY young, I developed my breasts. All the girls in the bathroom wanted to see them (I was 5.5, mind you) and I had no problem showing them to them. At that age, it was all about curiosity. By the time I was 7 years old, when my cycles started, the girls came again to "look". By the time I was 8, curiosity was over. Hope that helps.