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Lock up your daughters!
My husband took the Pie Brothers swimming yesterday at the city pool. There was a little girl palling around w/Pie 1. They were caught hiding behind a pole and kissing. He is 5!!! When they were leaving, the little girl kissed him and told him she loved him.
Part of me says WTF!! Get your hands off my baby you little hussy. Most of me, though, finds it kind of funny and cute.
Anyone else deal with this sort of thing at an early age?
Part of me says WTF!! Get your hands off my baby you little hussy. Most of me, though, finds it kind of funny and cute.
Anyone else deal with this sort of thing at an early age?
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Permalink Reply by StitchyWench on -
It's actually more common at 5 and 6 than it will be later in grade school. I've found that while my kids had no problem telling members of the opposite sex that they like them, or trying to show affection for them in cute age appropriate ways, other kids will only respond in kind until somebody finds out. Then the children who have learned that love and affection are evil devilish things that children should not engage in, shame them in to submission. By fourth grade, they've had their heart trampled on enough times to learn to just silently wish they were older so that all of the kids around them would quit behaving like idiots.
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Permalink Reply by wookie on -
God yes. My daughter started daycare at 11 months and had a boy constantly trying to pin her down and kiss her. It hasn't really stopped although it's now less about the kissing (thank god) and more along the lines of fiercely protective friendship.
Two boys in her class compete for her attention (and she is oblivious)... one took a goldfish cracker from her lunch and the other hauled him off the bench by the back of his shirt and dragged him across the room. It's hysterical and not a little unnerving to watch some of these kids trying to get her attention while she bobbles along completely oblivious and friendly to everyone.
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Permalink Reply by ruth on -
Well, I've seen their pictures, PBM.... of course that little girl loved him!! :)
In kindergarten Luke had a little girl who used to send home pictures she drew of the two of them holding hands and sitting together. She adored him. It was really cute. Her mom told me she only let her send home a small fraction of the pictures she drew because the mom was afraid I'd think her daughter was a stalker!
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Permalink Reply by DonnaKat on -
My daughter and another little boy in our playground were vigorously hugging each other about every five minutes one day, until they fell over backwards and the poor little guy took the force of their fall on the back of his head. They're 15 and 16 months old, respectively.
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Permalink Reply by Kiwi on -
I did.
1st Kid has had girls after him since preschool and I have had to stop myself from yelling "floozy!" on more than one occasion. He will be entering 2nd grade in two weeks and I'm hoping there will be less girls wanting to be his "girlfriend". In 1st and Kinder these little chicks were bringing him food at lunch and a couple of them gave him gifts at X-mas and at the end of school.
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Permalink Reply by Boring User Name on -
My kid (13-months) is the hugger. Of course, sometimes he actually seems to be testing his strength and tries to literally pick up girls smaller than him. We can tell the difference between hugging and lifting because he tilts his head to the side when giving a hug.
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