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"Going out" is involving oneself in an exclusive romantic relationship (though not necessarily a sexual one). It isn't anything nearly platonic. I remember having strong romantic (even sometimes sexual) feelings about girls in third grade, and being practically obsessed over one in fifth grade. Maybe I was an early bloomer, but by the time I reached 5th grade these monogamous, romantic, proto-sexual relationships were common.
And too, the age gap here is particularly odd, or at least it would be when I was in school. Until around sixth grade, people generally "went out" with one another in the same grade.
They're 10 and 8, they aren't going to be driving themselves to the movies or running off and getting married.
"Going out" when you're 10 and 8 means NOTHING like it does when you're older.
I "went out" with a boy when I was about 10 or so, he was the same age, we'd sit and play, he'd walk to my house in the mornings sometimes with a new beanie baby for me and he'd walk with me to the bus.
That was it, we didn't even hold hands walking to the bus.
That's "going out" when you 8/10 years old. Don't worry its suppose to be cute.
Really? Telling a mother to chill when her instincts is responding to a kind of behavior that might bring harm to her own child. It's natural for a mother to worry and be concern for her child. I would be concern (but wouldn't overreact) if my daughter comes up and tell me about this 10 year old boy asking "to go out". Really? Innocence might not be a big deal, but hey, it starts off innocence.
The 10 year old boy must be a marked sex offender, so we must quarantine him before he makes any more preteen friends of the opposite sex. I mean, really.
when i was in 3rd grade i had a "girlfriend". all we did was hold hands and occasionally hug each other goodbye. oh, and a whole lot of pokemon. i think youre overreacting. then again the "girlfriend" was also in 3rd grade. but idk, i have a 7 year old daughter and i would just think of it as innocent children's fun. but of course keep an eye out just in case, obviously.
I was about 10 or 11 when I had my first boyfriend.
He asked me out and then ran off Lol.
We lived in the same apartment complex and he would show up every morning with a new Beanie baby knowing I collected them. Then would walk with me to the bus stop. It was so cute.
Just take it easy,,, they are kids, but keep your eye on them, I am sure he mean walk around the house in the sens of "go out" but it is logical as a mother you get exhausted, the world is now different kids see things what we did not see as kids. As an example my next door neighbor child who is now 7 knows about penis too so I can imagine your concerns.
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