Young-minded kid?

[SoMDGirl42]

Tell your "friends" that your daughter is her own person. To each their own, and that includes their opinion. Maybe you think their kid is ugly. HA!

Your daughter may be maturing slower than her peers. Just keep an eye on her and make sure there are no medical reasons causing her delay. If she's happy and healthy, what difference does it make that is enjoys playing with barbies? Hopefully one day all that practice will help her be a great mother to her children.

 

[sm8]

I find that too many parents push their children to grow up faster becasue they either do not want to deal with them being little kids or they want friends instead of children. My oldest daughter is around the same age and she still enjoys the younger toys as well. I have noticed though that she and her sister close in age are starting to play differently with toys then when they were younger. In my oppinion this world is such a big mean place, let her be a kids as long as she can.

 

[nomoney]

Its great she's still young minded. But don't protect her so much that she become naive to how the world works. Or you'll have a teen girl just as likely to get knocked up as the one who is into boys at age 11.

And I say this as a mother to two still very young minded 10 and 12 year old boys and a step mother of a very grown up minded 12 year old girl. You've got to be able to find a suitable in between and I struggle with that every day.

 

[lil84]

oh ups

 

[lovinmaryland]

Geez, I'm 47 and still love Barbies and Tangled.

I don't think your daughter is weird at all, and I think the friend is feeling uncomfortable that their kid is the weirdo, otherwise there was no reason to make a judgment about your kid.

No kidding! I was all Sunday morning when I realized Tangled was on Showtime

 

[newbsomd]

We recently had a friend point out that they thought our youngest daughter is "weird". That because she is 11,it is no longer age appropriate for her to be obsessed with Tangled,and play with barbies,dollhouses,play-doh and general kid things. This friends kid is the same age and has two cell phones,an ipod,and so forth,and wouldn't be caught dead playing with any sort of toys. At first it pissed me off,then it made me wonder. I've always explained her preferences as simply being "young-minded" because she is. She likes younger type things than her peers. I feel she is right and they are all wrong. That kids now grow up way too fast and I like it that my little girl is upstairs playing barbies and setting up her dollhouses and not on the phone yapping about boys or whining about needing a new cd. And yet when I look in stores,indeed the "age limits" on the toys she likes are younger. So do I have a stunted kid or is she just keeping a child's pace in an increasingly adult world?

tangled is awesome!

YOU seem to actually be parenting your child, while your "friends" are allowing cell phones/ipods/etc. parent their children. keep it up, it's refreshing to hear.

 

[Bann]

I say just enjoy the time with her & this whole stage of development as she transitions into adolescence.

There's one thing about childhood/adolescent development - nearly ALL kids reach that 15yo "age range" sometime.

So save your strength for that stage!