Little Manhattan

The other day my daughter told me in confidence that she thought her friend, Paul, would miss her during the holidays. She made me promise not to tell her father about this. I was amazed...not at the fact that she knows that boys like her, but just at the thought that someone her age can grasp the concept of keeping secrets about boys from her father. Awwww. Of course I told my hubby in the end, but made him promise me not to let her in on his knowledge. Because I think it's important for my daughter to at least have that kind of trust in me.

Anyway, I'm deviating from the point here. I mean, this may remind some of you about the movie called Little Manhattan. You know, it's a movie about a primary school or kindergarten-going boy who falls in love with a girl. I'm not saying that my daughter is in love with this boy, but it's interesting to see that this kind of dynamics are already going on in the playground. From memory, I don't remember being in kindergarten years ago and even liking boys. In fact, I think, I only started liking boys around grade 5 or 6, simply because I used to see myself as one of the boys, so it was hard for me to see myself liking them in a romantic way.

So, this brings up another thing that I've been wondering about. Are children these days growing up way too fast than they did when I was a kid? Is it the technology and all the stuff they see on TV that play a role in the changing trends in children? In no way am I saying that I'm a prude who is against all this cutesy lovey dovey playground stuff...I think it's cute. But it just makes me wonder about certain issues, such as growing up, relationship and all that jazz.