7yr old bumping and grinding at a kids' disco

[farewellfigure]

Hello

AIBU to be totally at what I witnessed at the weekend. DS was at a disco birthday party for 5-7yr olds. There was a lad there who had taken his t.shirt off (fair enough... a lot of the boys had as it was about 1,000 degrees in there), had pulled his shorts to below his bum cheeks so his whole backside was hanging out (and the front as well), and was bumping and grinding away to all the songs. There was a lot of thrusting, swivelling and sticking out of bottom. He's 7. His mum had gone, so there was no adult who could really deal with it.

He also poured a cup of water over his head, watched one of the mums clear up the puddle, and then did it again. Later he was dropping crisps on the floor and stomping on them. A bit later again he was doing gangsta moves... really quite scary stuff! Loads of the other boys were trying to copy him.

Not sure what point I'm making really. If I'd been his mum and had seen that when I came to pick him up again I'd have gone toto! But should one of us gone and had a quiet word? Friends and I were mostly and a bit , but a couple thought it was all pretty harmless (which amazed me!). I'm not sure what on earth he must have watched to pick up those moves!

[uselessinformation]

I would have told him to pull up his trousers!

[Hashtagwhatever]

Would only have to watch a few music videos

[Boomba]

'gangsta moves'??? whats them then?

isnt this the plot for 'Footloose'??!

You should have told him off for purposefully making a mess on the floor, for other people to clean up though

[squeakytoy]

"His mum had gone, so there was no adult who could really deal with it"

so no adults were in charge then?

"A bit later again he was doing gangsta moves... really quite scary stuff!"

scary? seriously??? hahahahaha!!

so a bunch of supposedly responsible adults were incapable of telling a 7year old to pull his trousers up, stop throwing food on the floor, and were scared of his "gangsta moves"..

incredible

[farewellfigure]

Ha... the gangsta moves were sort of flicking his hands... gun salutes... hard to describe really other than it looked really intimidating. You're right... he'd probably just been watching MTV or something. It was still really horrible seeing such a little boy doing it though.

[Boomba]

Really??? have you never been to a key stage 2 disco?!

[DragonsAreReal]

Have you never been to a kids disco before? And from experience it does seem boys like getting their bums out (esp if they watch the simpsons "eat my shorts").

[Sparklysilversequins]

Footloose!

[farewellfigure]

Yep, I've been to school discos for R, 1 and 2, but there were teachers there so maybe the kids were slightly more reined in! I hate it when they play 'Sexy and I know it', 'Oooh sexy lady', and stuff like that. The kids obviously love those songs the best though and request them!

I'm obviously way too up tight and a right old fuddy duddy. Maybe it's perfectly fine for a 7yr old to be simulating sex on the dance floor!

[Sparklysilversequins]

No I agree it's not fine but I am not sure why no one told him to pack it in. I would have.

[farewellfigure]

squeakytoy we weren't intimidated by him, but none of us were his parent and didn't feel we should really be telling someone else's child what to do... we were just parents of other children who had been invited. Maybe the parents who organised it could have stepped in...

[FreudiansSlipper]

what are gangsta moves ?

i can not get wound up about children copying dance moves they have seen from tv as we used to copy hot gossip routines wearing my mums lacy silk cami tops

though he should have been told to pull his trousers up if they were really that far down and to not throw crisps on the floor

[hazeyjane]

I went to dd's school disco the other day to help out (which mainly seemed to involve me dancing the macarena).

I went to get some squash and came back to dd2 krumping in the middle of the room, honestly I have no idea where she got her moves from, it was hilarious.

By the end of the disco, there had been a nosebleed, 2 children had been sick, and the year R teacher was dancing gangnam style - it was an eye opener!

[KellyElly]

Would only have to watch a few music videos

[FreudiansSlipper]

but children are not simulting sex they are dancing

i have been to many middle eastern parties young girls tie a scarf around thei hips and move in a way that for an adult would be sexual for a child it is not it is simply dancing

[usualsuspect]

Your post made me laugh, hazyjane

Poor,OP it must have been very scary for you.

A great big 7 year old with his gansta moves and shizzle.

[hazeyjane]

The only music videos dd's have seen are things like Queen, I did show them YMCA the other day, they have never seen MTV, but anyone watching dd2 would have thought she had been bought up watching nothing else!

[Sparklysilversequins]

This thread is really making me .

[meditrina]

In my day, it was "The Bump" or singing along to "Little Willie".

I think every generation has these moments about current dance crazes and lyrics.

But if he was chucking water around, then he should have been taken aside until he'd calmed down. Ditto reminders about keeping basic level of clothing in place.

[Boomba]

farewell what we really need you to do, is web-cam and up-load yourself re-enacting the boys bumping and grinding, low slung jeans and gangsta-moves; so that we can really judge whether it was appropriate or not

[Boomba]

did you carry a watermelon farewell?

[hazeyjane]

Usual, the funniest thing was that the song that produced a near riot was the Hokey Cokey, I had to get in amongst a group of 6 year old boys, high on cheap squash and pickled onion monster munch, who turned it into one enormous bundle.

[imademarion]

start acting the giddy goat

Thank you for my biggest laugh today. I'd completely forgotten that phrase. It's just so squashing.