9 not 16.
My daughter is 9. She plays outside, colors, wears random clothes that don’t match, plays with her toys, sings, dances around the house, is super creative, great at art, loves her family, fights with her brothers, likes pink and purple and is in love with glitter. She is an all-around normal, great kid.. who looks and acts 9. But....when she goes to school, she is expected by her peers to be 16. To have the best clothes, act grown, have expensive things, like boys, etc. And because is none of those things, she is picked on and feels like an old cast..... What happened to being nice, showing respect to others and treating people the way you want to be treated?? Why do kids these days look so much older, umm everyone should go through the random weird stage. Why do kids think they are equal to adults? The only reason for all of this change is..... THE PARENTS!! yes, I just said that. Parents are befriending their children instead of teaching them right from wrong. Parents are allowing their children to get away with bullying. Parents are allowing their children to speak to adults with disrespect. Parents act like their children can do no wrong. and Parents are allowing their young girls to look like grown women...umm hello THIS IS WHY SO MANY GIRLS ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!! and when something happens they are all “what happened, what did i do wrong??” but let me tell you something, I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE PARENTS!! I am the adult, she is the child. She is 9, not 16! She will look and act 9, not 16! She knows right from wrong. She knows how to speak to an adult. She knows how to be kind. She knows how to treat others with respect. My daughter is talented! beautiful! smart! creative! and wonderful just the way she is! Yes, she gets in trouble. She is not perfect and that's ok. She is a child, she will make mistakes and she will have bad days. But she is also an amazing kid! I will not let these kids who have no guidance cloud her from being the wonderful person she is. I want her to stand up for herself, respect herself, trust herself, BE HERSELF! I can’ t change how other people parent their kids, but I can teach my kids to believe in themselves and do the right thing no matter what other people think, and be the wonderful kids that they are for as long as they can!