Boyfriend/girlfriend at 10

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Ds has just turned 10 and the kids in his class at school seem to be wanting to get a boyfriend/girlfriend and starting to couple up (it's a small school so only 20-25 in each year group)

Ds has has a couple of 'girlfriends' but he now says he is going out with a girl in his class -they've been just friend since they were 3 and always got on well. They seem to spend all evening and weekend chatting either video chat or Facebook or text. I have control of all his emails/texts etc and they've been sending messages like 'I love you

I would say it's all innocent. I would not let the sleepover happen, but would take them to the cinema and sit in another part.
DD is similar, she is in a small school, one year intake and joined in September. She told me about a boy in her class who is well known as the class flirt. He's been out with all the girls except DD according to her.
Apparently he got a new scooter and a new Nokia for christmas on the proviso that he stopped flirting!

Thanks kreecher!

It's scarey isn't it? I had this conundrum last summer with my DD9, i panicked, thought she would be getting up to all sorts by then end of summer!!! Had MN Mums telling me it was all inocent but when in the middle of it you just don't know!!! I sat down with my DD (on numerous occassions) and had a little chats about not being really ready for the commitment of a boyfriend, these boys should be friends, people you want to be with because they/you like each other without putting the label of being someones girlfriend/boyfriend to it and having your friends thinking they can't be part of you as a group and maybe not asking you to play with them quite as much them thinking you want to spend all you time with your BF!!! This seemed to sink in a little more than me telling her "No BF till your 30!" which is what i wanted to scream :)

Any how, by the end of summer, school starting, she seemed to be exasperated by this boy keep knocking on for her and wanting her to come out him that she naturally curtailed their time together. We had a talk after this about the "relationship" and think she thinks it can be a bit to full on for now we wait and see -