lforest
17-03-2009, 10:35
I need some advice. My DD is aged 5 1/2. She started school this year and loves it. She is in a Prep/grade 1 combined class and this suits her very well. Her best friend from kinder, who is a boy is also in the class and this has helped her settle in quickly and she has made new friends with girls too. My only concern is that she is attracting WAY too much attention from boys. I'm in the process of discussing this with her teacher but it is preying on my mind today whilst I wait for a call in next couple of days.
Boys are vying for her attention by offering things they can't possible buy her eg. "A million bucks". One of them has kissed her. She told the teacher and he has been spoken to. Apparently he is quite enamoured and his crush was interfering with his school work. Twice another boy has exposed himself during class. This has also been addressed by the school. Now two more boys want to marry her and one of them wants to take her to the kissing tunnel.
I try not to overreact and remain conversational because I do want her to keep telling me what is going on. I also respect the fact that this is happening in the school ground and that the school needs to address these things. I guess my concern is that she is now getting overwhelmed by all the attention and is even thinking about kissing one of the boys herself. She loves the attention but it is the wrong type of attention. I remember playing kiss chasey at the same age and the boys getting into trouble. I was too fast for them to catch me but I do recall the excited glee of being chased by boys who liked me.
I really want my daughter to be friends with both boys and girls as I think it helps build solid relationships later in life. I also want to ensure we are building a relationship of trust because boys like my daughter and I think they always will. I want her to discuss things with me and to keep doing so even when a teenager. Especially because her Dad is going to be extremely strict about boys. This is not something that I thought I was going to even have to think about for years!
Has anyone else faced this issue?
Boys are vying for her attention by offering things they can't possible buy her eg. "A million bucks". One of them has kissed her. She told the teacher and he has been spoken to. Apparently he is quite enamoured and his crush was interfering with his school work. Twice another boy has exposed himself during class. This has also been addressed by the school. Now two more boys want to marry her and one of them wants to take her to the kissing tunnel.
I try not to overreact and remain conversational because I do want her to keep telling me what is going on. I also respect the fact that this is happening in the school ground and that the school needs to address these things. I guess my concern is that she is now getting overwhelmed by all the attention and is even thinking about kissing one of the boys herself. She loves the attention but it is the wrong type of attention. I remember playing kiss chasey at the same age and the boys getting into trouble. I was too fast for them to catch me but I do recall the excited glee of being chased by boys who liked me.
I really want my daughter to be friends with both boys and girls as I think it helps build solid relationships later in life. I also want to ensure we are building a relationship of trust because boys like my daughter and I think they always will. I want her to discuss things with me and to keep doing so even when a teenager. Especially because her Dad is going to be extremely strict about boys. This is not something that I thought I was going to even have to think about for years!
Has anyone else faced this issue?