Turn off messages from imac

I just downloaded the OS Mavericks onto my iMac.  Now all of my imessages on my iphone are also showing up on my iMac.  i do not want this.  My son may accidently see adult conversations.  How do I turn this off on my imac?

Hi,
As Frank Says you can disable the iPhone Number in the iMessages settings on the Mac.
You can remove the Apple ID from the iPhone.
If you want a deeper reset than that so that the iPhone Number does not even show on the Mac's iMessages settings you can do this:-
Access ~/Library/Preferences.
Find the com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist file.
Drag it to the Trash then restart Messages.
You will have to re-add the Apple ID.
At this point if you have not removed the Apple ID on the iPhone (or other device) then you will have to Refuse/Dismiss the pop ups that tell you what the iPhone is using.
You will receive periodic prompts on this from now on unless you remove the Apple ID from the iPhone.
If you want totally private messages on the iPhone you will need to use it with Number only.
7:23 pm      Saturday; June 14, 2014
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 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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