A funny story that occurred this morning related to this post. We were meeting to discuss the planning for DD10's skip to 6th. She's currently in 6th grade reading now. The reading teacher attended the meeting and told me they are reading a story in which boyfriends and girlfriends are mentioned. One of the 6th grade students came over and whispered into the teacher's ear: This story talks about BOYFRIENDS? Do you think it will be okay for (pointed at my dd)?" The teacher told her that DD would have to just talk about it with her mother (me).
I thought this was cute and sweet and sensitive. Not all older children are monsters.
