Help-Why do the boys start avoiding the girls at Junior School!?

[Rose33]

My son has always enjoyed playing with the boys and the girls at school. He started Junior School this year and he is now very conscious that he mustn't play or talk to the girls as his friends will tease him.

We lift share the school run with two girls and now my son says he doesn't want to do it anymore as he feels embarrassed for fear that if his friends see him, they will tease him.

I told him his friends are acting immature and he should tell them to grow up but he's not convinced!

I would be grateful for any advice to nip this one in the bud!
Thanks

Don't you know that girls are smelly? My DD tells me a lot that boys really do smell different to girls, she is almost 10.
i honestly think that around 7 they start to notice the difference between the sexes.
Can you tell your DS that he will have to walk (alone possibly) if he isn't prepared to travel nicely. Alternatively, get him a 'special' girl repelling hat or something to wear whilst in their company.

his friends are acting like 7year olds, they arne't being immature, they are being perfectly normal for their age. Let him tell his friends that you say he has to lift share.

He and his friends will grow out of this in a couple of years.

Its happening with DS1 (age 11) too. He has always had a great relationship with girls but now he is frightened of getting teased by other boys.

From what he says, the girls are just as bad as the boys so pretty much they go around in separate single sex groups.

Its something to do with the fact that they suddenly become very aware of their identity as a male or female person.

DSs didn't get this but they are/were at Primary school where they have been in the same class since reception.

Sounds pretty normal for most boys and girls that age. They seem to avoid each other at school, but still manage to play OK together in small groups out of school. Then once they hit secondary school, they suddenly start being interested in the opposite sex again...

I think you'll just have to be firm about the lifts, as there is no way the boys/girls are yucky phase should inconvenience you, but you can always tell your DS to blame it on you....