Anonymous wrote:if she's too young to know if she likes boys or girls, how does your son know that he wants to date this girl, or girls in general? If you think kids his age shouldn't be or aren't attracted to people, why wouldn't you tell your son that he's too young to date?
Anonymous wrote:...and she likes someone else.
What was the correct response to this? I listened, empathized, and stated that kids are pretty young (11) to know if they like boys or girls or both yet,[b] but that we can respect her choice. My son was pretty upset.
Anonymous wrote:...and she likes someone else.
What was the correct response to this? I listened, empathized, and stated that kids are pretty young (11) to know if they like boys or girls or both yet, but that we can respect her choice. My son was pretty upset.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...and she likes someone else.
What was the correct response to this? I listened, empathized, and stated that kids are pretty young (11) to know if they like boys or girls or both yet, but that we can respect her choice. My son was pretty upset.
What wasn't the correct response was what you said. That your son's crush likes someone else is the only issue that should matter -- not the gender of the other kid. Your response should have been "I'm really sorry she likes someone else, that's really tough, but you can't control who you like." It's certainly not your place to suggest that the girl may be too young to know what she likes and what she doesn't.
And spare me the "respect her choice" bs. Your "respect" isn't needed or wanted.
Anonymous wrote:if she's too young to know if she likes boys or girls, how does your son know that he wants to date this girl, or girls in general? If you think kids his age shouldn't be or aren't attracted to people, why wouldn't you tell your son that he's too young to date?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:...and she likes someone else.
What was the correct response to this? I listened, empathized, and stated that kids are pretty young (11) to know if they like boys or girls or both yet, but that we can respect her choice. My son was pretty upset.
What wasn't the correct response was what you said. That your son's crush likes someone else is the only issue that should matter -- not the gender of the other kid. Your response should have been "I'm really sorry she likes someone else, that's really tough, but you can't control who you like." It's certainly not your place to suggest that the girl may be too young to know what she likes and what she doesn't.
And spare me the "respect her choice" bs. Your "respect" isn't needed or wanted.
Anonymous wrote:...and she likes someone else.
What was the correct response to this? I listened, empathized, and stated that kids are pretty young (11) to know if they like boys or girls or both yet, but that we can respect her choice. My son was pretty upset.