Should I be scared? LOL!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

My almost ten year old daughter has written on the inside of her forearm, in ink: "Jonathan rocks"

"Who's Jonathan?" I asked.

She quickly hid her arm. "Oh, no one. Just a kid in my class."

I asked her to wash it off (just because it looks weird to have big letters written in ink on your arm).

She later told me he is "cute and funny and smart and nice."

I don't remember having crushes in the fourth grade. Did anyone else?

[Shoeempress]

1. Oh yea, a guy named dane. What was I thinking? And what were his

parents thinking?

[GOPisEvil]

2. My first kiss was in 3rd grade.

A girl named Susan.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I teach elementary school

and 4th grade is about when this crush stuff starts now.

Don't let her wear any of those gel bracelets. Have you heard about those?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. Yeah I have

no way she's wearing one, even if she doesn't know that weird meaning of it.

I teach eighth grade.

[NV Whino]

14. What are gel bracelets all about?

No kids here. (Thank you pro choice.) So I miss out on some of this stuff.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

18. It's supposed to symbolize

how many BJs you've given to boys.

Or how many boys you've given BJs to? Something like that. Oral sex indicators.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Some stuff I found on gel bracelets

"Sex bracelets are back - and kids are using them with out their parents knowing what they are doing.
Jelly bracelet fashion accessories have been around since the 80's. But instead of a fashion statement, they may be making a statement about your kid's sex life.
These bendable pieces of colored rubber have become a sexual code to many teens.
Here's a common breakdown:
Yellow: hugging
Purple: kissing
Red: lap dance
Blue: oral sex
Black: intercourse
In a game called “snap,” if a boy breaks a jelly bracelet off a girl's wrist, he gets a sexual coupon for that act.
It's become such a problem in some middle schools in Florida that districts started banning the bracelets."

Readers, several Web sites indicate that these gel bracelets are used as a way for students to trade sexual favors.

[NV Whino]

23. Gee, it was a lot more fun when I was in school

Fifth grade: the secret code was transmitted with tiny colored clothes pins. Can't remember what they all meant, but it was all implied, not acted upon.

[samwisefoxburr]

4. My first crush was fifth grade...

..the girl was also in my fourth grade class, but I didn't have a crush on her then.

[Misunderestimator]

5. Oh I did... I got caught kissing a boy under the table in the cafeteria

And since I was in Texas, I got PADDLED for it... assholes

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

9. I'm in TX

I remember the bad old paddling days. I got my fair share of "swats."

Paddled for kissing a boy. ROFL! Sorry, that's just so absurd it's funny.

[texas1928]

11. Was it a little smooch

Or were you rolling around on the floor, lost in a wave of passion?

[Misunderestimator]

21. Just a little smooch

I didn't feel much passion until I was in college and fell in love with a woman :)

[arcane1]

7. had one in kindergarten

and wrote her a love-note, but she didn't know how to read yet :silly:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

OMG

that literally made me laugh out loud. Gonna have to remember that.

[samwisefoxburr]

10. LOL!

[NV Whino]

8. Naw.

Mine didn't start until the fifth grade. there was this reall neat guy who got all the Jewish holidays off from school and he was really good at marbles... but I was better.

[bigwillq]

12. I did! And I use to write the names in ink

on my arms.

She's normal. Relax.

[texas1928]

13. I was playing doctor with my girlfriend in....

Kindergarten.

[GOPisEvil]

15. I played doctor in 3rd grade, too.

[miss_kitty]

20. heh heh heh

'Doctor' was big in our 'hood. and a bunch of us little girls would get together and play 'Nasty Barbies,' too-exactly what my mom SAID would happen!

:evilgrin:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

16. Ok this kid is killing me

if you don't have one, I highly recommend them for the humor value if nothing else. After washing off "Jonathan rocks" she came in here and said "we have to make up a secret handshake."

I'm ALWAYS game for secret handshakes, so she made up this elaborate hand game thing which ended in us snapping and yelling "TOTALLY!" then "European kissing" (each cheek very flamboyantally--can't spell that).

Plus you can train them in how to make your coffee. They love that.

[miss_kitty]

17. Yes. I can't remember who, but I had 'em

In first grade, I had crushes on Mark S. and Tommy M. :loveya: at the same time!

[SarahB]

22. Good luck with all that.

Wait until she's a few months shy of 13. :crazy:

I remember having crushes at that age and earlier, but I was pretty geeky until 9th grade. When my daughter tells me she likes a boy, I ask, "Is he nice? Is he smart? Is he cute?" (Funny is very good too.) She always answers yes to all of them, so at least she has good taste.

She doesn't get to "date" yet or anything, but there's been several boys at school she has "gone out with" since 5th grade which is just basically a pairing up in the hallways thing and occasional phone calls. She's very supervised, so I figure it's no harm at this age. I Hopefully, this will make her feel more secure with herself and make good choices in a few years when things start to possibly get more serious.

[getoffmytrain]

24. As long as it's

not referring to Jonathan's rocks she/you're fine.