Today a little boy was engaging in “pulling pigtails” behavior, pestering a particular girl. I told her, and the class, that sometimes when little boys like someone they’ll act like jerks just to get their attention. The rest of the class hooted, the boy protested, and the girl grimaced and said she knew, her mother and older brother and old teacher told her.
I continued on to say that just because a boy likes you doesn’t give him an excuse to be a jerk, and you shouldn’t give them a chance to get your attention until they learn how to behave and her face was priceless. Basically, picture a tiny elementary school girl with red bows in her hair embodying the spirit of this gif:
I think it is also important to note, and to make sure wee children, and in particular girls and those read as/presenting as girls, that sometimes it isn’t because the little boy has a crush or whatever. Sometimes children are just mean and violent, and it isn’t okay, and the grownups who will try to gaslight them into thinking it’s all the victims fault and this is what affection looks like anyway are WRONG.
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