Is it normal to love/like kids strongly?

I'm a 19 year old male.
Since 1 years time, I am fond of kids(boys). I just love talk with them and watch how they behave in their activities. sometimes I feel if I have a younger brother. I just want to look after and care them.
Why do I feel like this? Is it Normal?

Is It Normal?
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  • Maybe you'd be happy in some kind of childcare job? Volunteer as a big brother? Be a foster parent or work with a daycare or Boy Scouts?
    Just some ideas.

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  • I'm in the same position as u except I'm 16. It's not paedophillia (unless you have sexual feelings for them. In which case find help before you act on them). For me I've always wanted a brother and there's a younger friend of mine who looks up to me like a brother. So I thinks it's a combination of wanted to have your own children and feeling loved by someone and being seen as a role model. 100% normal

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  • As long as there is absolutely no sexual component to your interest in young boys, yes it is normal. It's less common for guys than girls, but there's nothing wrong with it. As other people said here, you might be a good person to be in a youth leadership role like a camp counselor or tutor.

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  • that's good as long as you don't mean that in a pedophile way. i'm an 18 year old girl and i love little kids. i always hangout with my little cousins at family gatherings :)

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  • Hope I'm not to late to this convo lol. I'm 21 and a tutor myself end in time will be part of a big brother program, there is this one boy/guy who's 16 but i still tutor him I've also known him much longer then any of my other clients (so to speak), I used to babysit him when he was younger, anyway him and i sort of like each other but at the same time agreed to wait 2 more years when he's legal to date of course, I'm mature about it and what not I'm also a part time babysitter on the side, But my feelings in a way are strictly non sexual. and like i said He's the only boy i sort of like but ya i guess in a way it is normal and like qwerty123456 said unless it's sexual like for me for example (which it isn't) It's perfectly normal just like i love babysitting some of the other younger kids who are only child's look up to me as an older role model which is one of the reasons i can't wait to get into the big brother program hope that helps and sorry i didn't mean to ramble and get off topic.

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