It is "normal" in that bed-wetting can actually occur in kids, teenagers and adults. However, it is not desirable in that it can make a child feel inhibited about social activities like camp and sleepovers and it can cause him shame. It is also inconvenient for parents - more laundry, more trouble - and everyone can get exasperated. Therefore, it is best to actively intervene to help an older child stay dry at night. Alarm systems have a very high success rate. They require the parent's involvement for a few weeks until the child's brain kicks in to the system (an alarm detects moisture and the parents must take wake the child to take him to the bathroom - normally the child will sleep through the alarm and actually wets the bed when in a state of very deep sleep). Alternatively, you can wake your youngster up every hour during the night to go to the bathroom. Move that to every two hours after the first couple of nights. Then try for every three hours. Then every four and so on until you train the child's brain to hold back the need to urinate for the full night. Again, this requires some inconvenience for the parent as well as for the child, but the process has a very high success rate. A tiny percentage of children will still need more help and it can be delivered in the form of medicine. However all medicines do have side effects so you'll want to talk with your doctor about the pros and cons of medicinal treatment. Medicine without behavior therapy has only about a 50% success rate. However, when used in conjunction with alarm/wake-up sessions, it can be very successful as it allows the child to sleep lightly enough to get up properly to go to the bathroom. So get started on an intervention and you'll be well on your way to a cure.  Sarah Chana