Anonymous
Post 09/14/2015 20:48     Subject: Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 6 almost 7 year old was talking on the phone to her best friend last night and I overheard their (loud) conversation.
They were talking about who you "LIKE LIKE" more than a friend, and giggling about some new boy in their class that her BF "like likes" and how he had broken up with his girlfriend.
My daughter's BF has high school aged siblings, so I'm assuming she's been exposed to more of these conversations from overhearing her brother and sister.
I had no idea we'd be discussing this stuff already. What would you say to her? Do you say nothing because it's ridiculous? Do you take a hard stand that she's too young to think about this stuff? Would you limit the interaction with the BF?



wahhht?


My reaction exactly!!
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 21:06     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And please stop blaming this on the BFF's older siblings. Your DD was going to do this no matter what.


Obviously. There would be more relationship dialogue in a household with teens.


No not obviously. I was a teenager and never spoke about boyfriends around my 6 year old sister. On the other hand, I have met very many "boy crazy" little girls that do not have older siblings.


I said obviously that my dd would end up liking boys on her own. I'm not arguing with you about this. I'm sure your sister overheard you talking with your friends. If not, great for you I don't really care.


Unless you have teenage kids and know your daughter gets it from siblings I don't think you can say for certain that your daughter learned about boys from her BFF. She's fast on her own just admit it. Stop blaming it on peer pressure and siblings of peers.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 20:26     Subject: Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:My son was unable to name a single female student in his second grade class at the end of the year last year. Not one. Never mentioned them, and when prompted he couldn't name any. When he saw them in real life he did know their names. But just shows... Big imbalance of interest at that age. The worst was at a school event when a mom of a little girl introduced herself to me and went on and on about how much her daughter likes my son and is always talking about him. I had to feign like I knew who she was!


If I were you, I wouldn't generalize from your son, who was unable to name a single girl in his class at the end of the year (really?!), to all boys.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 20:20     Subject: Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Op do you remember when you were a kid? My girlfriends and I had huge crushes on boys from 1st grade all through ES and it was very innocent and harmless.

One particular memory is my BFF asking us to catch her as she feigned fainting when her crush walked by on the playground (2nd grade!!). There was no actual dating/holding hands/talking to boys happening...just something for girls to talk about.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 19:57     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And please stop blaming this on the BFF's older siblings. Your DD was going to do this no matter what.


Obviously. There would be more relationship dialogue in a household with teens.


No not obviously. I was a teenager and never spoke about boyfriends around my 6 year old sister. On the other hand, I have met very many "boy crazy" little girls that do not have older siblings.


I said obviously that my dd would end up liking boys on her own. I'm not arguing with you about this. I'm sure your sister overheard you talking with your friends. If not, great for you I don't really care.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 18:01     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And please stop blaming this on the BFF's older siblings. Your DD was going to do this no matter what.


Obviously. There would be more relationship dialogue in a household with teens.


No not obviously. I was a teenager and never spoke about boyfriends around my 6 year old sister. On the other hand, I have met very many "boy crazy" little girls that do not have older siblings.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2015 17:46     Subject: Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
My son was unable to name a single female student in his second grade class at the end of the year last year. Not one. Never mentioned them, and when prompted he couldn't name any. When he saw them in real life he did know their names. But just shows... Big imbalance of interest at that age. The worst was at a school event when a mom of a little girl introduced herself to me and went on and on about how much her daughter likes my son and is always talking about him. I had to feign like I knew who she was!
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2015 20:25     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote:And please stop blaming this on the BFF's older siblings. Your DD was going to do this no matter what.


Obviously. There would be more relationship dialogue in a household with teens.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2015 20:22     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
And please stop blaming this on the BFF's older siblings. Your DD was going to do this no matter what.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2015 15:18     Subject: Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
I was 6 for most of first grade and 7 for most of second grade. In first I had a HUGE crush on Matthew. In second grade I had a HUGE crush on Craig.

No big deal. I wasn't a huge slut (or even a small slut), didn't date tons of boys, etc. Nothing came of my crushes. I'd just make sure your DD has other friends, other interests besides boys, and all that.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2015 23:01     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
Anonymous wrote: When my DS was in K, he introduced me to his girlfriend. Later I asked him how did she become his girlfriend. He responded that when they were playing in the playground he discovered that she was more powerful than him so he decided that he needed to join her and be her boyfriend then be against her. it was a simple as that.


So many awesome kids in this thread!
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2015 22:02     Subject: Re:Overheard my 6 year old talking about boyfriends...
When my DS was in K, he introduced me to his girlfriend. Later I asked him how did she become his girlfriend. He responded that when they were playing in the playground he discovered that she was more powerful than him so he decided that he needed to join her and be her boyfriend then be against her. it was a simple as that.