My 6 year old niece told her mom yesterday that she no longer wants to wear hair bows or princess shirts because nobody at school wears them.
I seriously started to tear up. She's the oldest of my nieces and she's starting to grow up
On the other side of this, I asked my sister, what the heck do 6 year olds play with then if not dolls and toys and make believe and imagination?
A few of the kids in her kindergarten class room have ipod touches. that's what my niece wants (because everyone else has one of course). My sister told her no way. It's sad to me that children seem to grow up so much quicker than I did. I remember playing with my dolls and such until 4th-5th grade. My sister will say that her and my cousin played with Barbie's until probably 8th grade.
But yeah, I'm tearing up as a type this. If I feel this way with my niece, what the heck will I feel like with my own children haha.
Also, I can say my sister, being a teacher is a very strong advocate for having children stay children for as long as possible (if that makes sense), so I know it was hard for her to hear that and really upset her. (not to be mad at her daughter or anything like that, just the thought of her getting too old too quick).
That's all. I'm a little sad now.