Please allow me to rant.
Yesterday our 10 year old daughter comes home, she’s a little quite, which means that she is thinking about something. No problem, this is normal with her. I take her to swim practice, ask her if everything is OK? She says, like all kids do, “yea daddy”. Later that night my wife calls me in the kitchen to talk with our daughter…..She tells us that a girl in her fourth grade class has been telling her and the other girls in the class at recess how she has performed oral sex!!!!! (We confirmed these recess talks with another family that lives near us, who's daughter went into an even greater discription than our daughter gave us.)
Now please let me tell you, my wife and I are not prudes, we believe we are very honest about “worldly” things with our kids and I as a dad have been prepared for the oral sex thing that seems to be persistent in middle school today but not 4th grade. Now my kid is a good kid, she’s smart, athletic, sings in the choir (obviously takes after her mother on all counts) but this has struck a nasty nerve with her and she is really uncomfortable with these recess conversations. Now that may be a good thing, as we believe she will listen to our suggestion (read demand) that she and her other friends not entertain this topic or others like it. I’m confident she will take our advice and change the subject and/or walk away, but peer pressure being what it is………
All I can think is another case of innocence lost. I’m so mad at this other kid, her parents, society, etc. I could just spit. My wife is going to the school today to speak with the teacher, only because we have no other idea on what to do. This just sucks.
Thank you for letting me rant. Sorry for pouring my soul out here, but has anyone here ever had to deal with this?