Don't need my 12 year old mixing it up with 14 year olds. Not going to happen. Ren
Earth to Ren -
If you daughter follows a typical educational course, she'll be in 6th or 7th grade at age 12, (and looking like a Magazine cover)at a Middle school that has plenty of 14 year old 8th grade boys. I hope she doesn't 'mix it up with them' but they will be around and availible. And the 12 year old boys will most likely look 'very immature' to her.
The whole picture is pretty terrifying. My hope is that if our young women grow up with good social ties to their parents and each other and maybe even to 'boys who are friends' that they will be much less likely to make those kind of headlines when times get hard. Yes, we are naturally intense people, but 'maybe' if we are supported AND challenged early and often, and surrounded by reasonable friendship candidates, we can learn to handle our intensity productively?
((Hugs and More Hugs))
Grinity
