OMG they're NINE?! TELL me my daughter won't be like that in only a year and a half! *SOB*

No way. I won't let her!

Anyway, good for Ethan, he rocks!

Nine? Whoo boy. I hope to convince mine all girls but mom have cooties 'til college. Doubt it will work, but I'm certainly giving it my all...

OMG.....noooooooooo!

My boys haven't had any girls calling for them yet. And I like it that way! LOL

Just wait. This year (age 10, 5th grade) it was like the damn holding back the teen girl hormones erupted because at LEAST once a week, it seemed, we had giggly calls from girls in groups telling my son who liked him and asking who he liked in return. BAH.

he has more poise and maturity than most people I know. And I'm incl the squealy SHUTTUP in that.

Heck, I don't know if *I* would have handled an awkward situation that well. "er, uh ...7? i don't don't know I was dead at the time...I was on the moon...with steve....um, what was the question again?"

your kid rules.

Oh heck no! My kids are never leaving the house, therefore will never meet kids of the opposite sex!!

When did 9 & 10 year old kids start thinking about this stuff?!!

I'm w/ Ethan- no kissing games at nine! And at nineteen, I just don't don't want to know what my boy will be doing- scratch that. No kissy games then either...

omg! little hussies, I love it! I have a 9 yr old girl and an 7 yr old boy that both get phone calls numerous times a day! I even had to buy Valentine's and Christmas presents for a 1st grade little girl this year! hussy, indeed!

Oh, his answer was so cute!

I will never ever forget the burning embarrassment of calling a boy I liked and asking him who he liked. Ugh. Why do kids do this?

awww, you must be SO proud. what a man w/integrity!!!

Oh. My. Lord.

I'd say more, but I have to go TIE MY CHILDREN UP IN THE ATTIC.

Things start to happen at 9.

When I was in 9th grade I had to babysit two 9-year-old boys--one would always try to "accidentally" feel me up and the other one tried to kiss me WITH TONGUE when I was tucking him in. GAH! When he fell asleep, I spit a glob in his ear. Because, you know, I was so much more grown up.

My son is staying 6 forever. Or perhaps going back to 5.

Sluts. Keep your boy away from those preteen hussies.

On the flip side, I have six year old boys trying to kiss my daughter - which she thinks is GROSS!

I guess it goes both ways......

Jill
Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Moms Blog

My 6 year old already says he has a girlfriend and he's going to marry her when he grows up. I may just go lock him in a closet right now.

Yeah, nine was my first crush. But trying to kiss him? Oh my God, I'd have died first. That didn't happen til ten. So by my estimates, you have one good year left before you sit down and have the "slutty girls have cooties" talk.

I guess i would have to ask where those mothers are of those girls. I have a nine year old and she cant use the phone unless she asks permission.

And she knows that I'm allowed to pick it up and listen whenever I want. She has never even asked to call a boy.

What happened to parents standing up and actually parenting? Sad really.

Oh I miss coming here and laughing. I've been so darn busy---forgive me Miss Y.

Thanks for the glimpse into my life 2 years from now. My oldest (7) invited a girl over today and then was all goofy and giddy around her. Later he told me, "I like her."

Crap!

I thought this love stuff only happened this young if you had a daughter. I had hoped girls would still have cooties for a while. I guess not.

Keep him away from those hoochie mamas! Good answer Ethan! I can't believe how young they are starting these days.

*blinks* This further confirms my belief that I should lock my seven month old son inside a bubble. And ban females from his life. *panics*

Ha! I feel vindicated. I wrote a post a couple days ago talking about how I didn't want my daughter growing up so fast and a few people just didn't get it. Helloooo???? These girls are a prime example. When I was 9, kissing boys was the LAST thing on my mind.

And good job there, mama!

I'm proud of Ethan, too :)

People are named ASPEN?

Ew, gross thought, maybe that was where she was conceived. How fortunate that they weren't vacationing in Grand Junction.

My son is 13 with an amorous and somewhat touchy GF, same age. Son is not into the romance/touchy feely stuff yet....

I have half a mind to call her (very cool) mother and tell her so. But I can't.

Why not? Because when I was his exact age a mother called MY mother to tell her her son was not ready for such advances. I was mortified!

Hopefully son will keep his cool and stand his ground!

Now then... I would like to say a word in favor of giggly hussies. We make parties way more fun. We help y'all shy people feel popular, attractive, and appreciated.

E. was embarrassed but now he knows that it is possible that someone might like him "that way" later on. Nothing wrong with that!

Anyway I don't know what planet y'all are from but little kids are often curious and giggly about all that kissy stuff. And when they are in that phase it is a good time to do some basic sex ed.

As if pre-teen girls making dumb prank calls or talking about kissing is something new... wow... overreaction...