Girls! Girls! Girls!

Joe here . . .

How young is too young to be thinking about girls? Michael, at only six years old (soon to be seven), is already thinking about girls. Earlier this week as Michael, Jacob and I were riding home together from daycare, Michael brought up how he wanted to play on his DS. Nothing new there. Then as we got closer to home he told me how he was going to go upstairs in his room and play on his DS. A little unusual for him. To make a long story short, I went into his room when he was up there to ask him what he was doing. As he quickly sat up and turned his DS so I couldn't see it he informed me he was spelling. For those of you that don't know, Michael is already a very good speller, so this didn't fly with me. My mind quickly began thinking, "He can't look at pornography, can he?" He showed me what he was doing and I saw that a girl's name was typed into his DS. He said he was trying to "chat" with her. Oh boy, here we go!

This morning Michael informed Trina that he wants to have friends over for his birthday party. He wants three boys and two girls. She asked him what he wanted to do and he said he wanted them all to go up into his bedroom and play DS. Wh-wha-what?! Yes, in his bedroom! Trina informed him that girls were not allowed in his bedroom. He asked why, she said "because you might kiss them." Michael, for once was speechless.

I am entering a period in my life I had hoped I wouldn't have to deal with for at least 3 or 4 more years. I hope I'm ready.