My 11 year old son has girls all over him...HELP!!

[Ryanswife]

My son is going in to the 6th grade {middle school} and he has girls all over him!! They call all the time and they don't leave him alone....I'm sure he loves the attention :)

I'm not ready for this. Does your child have a "boyfriend/girlfriend" at this age? Do they hang out or is it more of a phone friend? I tell him all the time to never give up your friends for a girl and if they start to play games dump them. Am i going overboard? I'm just want him to understand that he's not going to fall in love at this age.

 

Please help me :)

[vermontmoms]

My parents were in school from K and up and started dating at their Jr prom officially. They were married for 35yrs and would still be but my mom passed away from cancer 5yrs ago.


My cousin started dating his wife at age 13. They never went with anyone else. They have been married over 10yrs and have two beautiful kids (6 & 4). They have one of the best relationships/marriages I know.

Quoting theakaneko:

At 11, our idea of dating was hanging out in the hallways and the bragging rights of Having a bf/gf... I'd watch how much phone time he's using, but personally I wouldn't be too worried about it yet. But you know your son better than we do, so...

I met my DH in 8th grade though, and we were best friends for years before we dated officially. But neither of us were into the dating for dating's sake thing either.

[cocoroo]

 My son is 11 also and will be starting 6th grade.  The little girls in his class always tell me who likes him and how many girls like him (we live in a tight neighborhood and the kids are always out and about and almost everyone lives within walking distance of the school).  He has a lot of girls that he texts and some that he hangs out with.  He has had a "girlfriend", but they just text or talk on the phone and will hang out in a big group.  It isn't a real girlfriend.