Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on December 12, 2015

It always amazes me that little girls can be so like adults. When I picked Sam up from school we were talking about her day and who she played with and whatnot and she made a very offhand remark about her friend, Olivia not being friends with Adeline anymore. I told her that they probably had a fight or something and would be friends again soon. I mean, honestly, the odds that by the next day they will even remember their disagreement are slim. Kids are like that. Anyway, Sam told me that Olivia asked her to not be friends with Adeline anymore since she wasn’t friends with her. OMG. I mean, seriously? They are six!! I didn’t think this sort of drama started this early. I know grade school can be tough, but they are in kindergarten. Sam and I had a long talk about how she can, and should, be friends with anyone she wants, that it doesn’t matter if her friends are friends of each other, and that most importantly, her friends do NOT get to decide who she can be friends with. Sam and Adeline are still friends of course, but it really threw me. I had no idea I’d be dealing with these types of emotional and social issues this early.  I think I handled it well though and am glad that she told me about it so that we could at least talk about it and I could get a feeling for what she thought. I don’t think that she was all that concerned about it. She mentioned it just like any other thing that happened that day, but I do wonder sometimes how much of what she talks about in an offhand way really gets deeper. She is a pretty sensitive girl. I always have to remember to take these things seriously just in case it’s something she really wants my take on. And I have to hope that she keeps talking to me as she grows up.

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