jtee

Yes our daughter experience with sex is a concern, yet her motivations at the moment are not to link up with a boy for a sexual encounter. She's motivated by her interest in being with her friends and doing what they are doing.

What is hard for us to judge right now is how much if this is pretty normal behavior between 6th grader girls and 7th - 8th grade boys. Maybe I should say I'm more Leary, my wife says it is pretty typical behavior. What we are both concerned about is that our daughter is very comfortable with herself in a general way, and that is already attracting her fair share of boys just being friendly herself. She likes the positive attention the boys are giving her at school, and they want her and other girls come socialize with them at the park after school. It is what kids her age do around here and she wants to be part of it. It very exciting for her because it all new and very different from what school was like last year. Last year these same boys never noticed her when she was there, now they notice her, talk to her at school, and are encouraging her and other girls to come to the park after school.