dealing with 10 year-old daughter
By cfmedrano
@cfmedrano (240)
Philippines
November 27, 2009 9:04am CST
she has a crush on taylor lautner and was i bad or is it wrong to also let her know that i also like or idolize him but seems she has been addicted to watching him over at youtube and looking at pictures of him. i'm glad that i'm a work at home mom so i can monitor what she is viewing in the net since i am with her. youtube has comments that are not for her yet and i fear that if she does this on her own or in other venues, i think it might have been that i have tolerated since she thinks that it's okay for her to be addicted to viewing. is this normal or what? please advice me how to deal with girls of this age especially talking about boys.
2 responses
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
27 Nov 09
It is the age. It does seem to be happening a bit earlier these days. I'd advise just being honest. I might limit the time on youtube if you think it is excessive.
@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
27 Nov 09
Most all little girls go gaga over their teen idols. And with the addition of internet exposure it has gotten even worse than when I was growing up. Posters on the walls, pictures from magazines, watching them on tv, I had it all and turned out just fine. The important thing is to remember to explain to her what is appropriate and what is not. If you find pictures that are to provocative then she needs to know that you do not accept her viewing them. Would you feel different if she was flipping over a female sensation? At that age I would venture to guess we all thought we were going to marry our idol, at least I did. But I out grew that. Don't worry you have will have much bigger problems in near future with real boys. So hold on tight don't get scared because you may be in for a bumppy ride.
