I hear it at the elementary I work in.....I hear it coming from the boys' and their friends. How they are "going out with so and so". Urghh! They are kids, they don't drive, they don't date....really? What do they think go out means?
We constantly explain this concept to the boys. Eli usually could care less about these issues. It doesn't mean he doesn't have an opinion but no more so than his opinions of school, football and which sister he's not currently disgusted with.
Lucas.....well he's the socially aware preteen. He recently "broke up" with a girl...really how can you break up with someone you only see at school and you don't talk or text to? Needless to say he made a fairly smooth transition to single status as this is probably his 10th break up in 6 months.
At supper he gave us the latest couple statuses of his friends. Who broke up with whom today, who was upset, who wasn't and then came the epiphany. He said, "You know what? Girls are all drama, drama, drama, drama." So as I was choking on my chicken, Eli thought he'd go in for the kill by saying, "Ya, I know right? They are all drama queens!" Really? Didn't know he knew the term, didn't know he was even listening to the conversation.
What followed was a 10 minute discussion on their views of the whole concept of going out with someone. Interesting but definitely something we'll be revisiting.
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