Yesterday was the Girls 5th day of grade one. When I asked her how her day was she told me she was part of a new club. It's called the Popular Club and only girls in her class who are 6 and are cool can be in it. She said one of the other girls in her class is the "leader" and tells them what is cool or not. So, they have to wear "cool" clothes like capris, or skorts to school and they have to have their ears pierced. (The Girl does NOT have her ears pierced for a variety of reasons, but the "leader" is nice enough to let her join anyway.) Oh yeah, and NO BOYS!! I was a little shocked at how soon we have to deal with this type of snobbery at school. It may just be that they are copying what they see the older girls do, but I'm a little worried that this club may be hurting some little girls feelings. When I was in Grade 7 there was a popular club in my class that I was not a part of. We called them the Snob Squad and they called us the Nerd Herd. It sounds funny to me now, but at the time I was really hurt by the exclusion. And that was Grade 7. I don't know if my little Grade 1 girl really understands how much it hurts to be left out. So, for FHE last night we talked about being friends with people who are different and how that is okay. Hopefully, it will help.
On another note, our baby is AWESOME! She is the first of the three to sleep at night and I am amazed at how different I feel after 3 weeks. I should be WAY more tired, but I feel great! What a sweetheart :)
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Your baby is beautiful. I am so glad you have a blog so we can see you guys. We also have a blog-remundramblings@blogspot.com. Glad to see you are all doing well.
We miss you,
Brett & Natalie Remund
I can't believe there is already a "cool" group in first grade!! Oh. My. Gosh.
Aiden was friends with *everyone* in kindergarten, but he's having a harder time this year. He said some of the other boys said he is stupid and mean and doesn't have any friends, so I'm trying to get him to understand that we don't care what those boys say because *they* are the ones being mean. It's obvious Aiden has friends, he's definitely not stupid, and he is most certainly not mean.
I didn't think we'd have to deal with this for a few years at least. Good luck with yours! I think we both need it.
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