I don’t mind them calling it the Witching Hour dance.
But, a school dance? At eleven years old? And, they moon-eyed each other?
Really?
Gosh...when I was that age, all I wanted to do was play sports. Being a girl, little did I know that my sports career was over the next year. Boys were my best friends...not someone to “moon eye”.
Who do you suppose decided that 11 year olds need a place to moon eye each other?
Boy...things have certainly changed.
/old lady
As to your point about Moms, I have been concerned for quite a few years that women, because of the feminist movement, have taken over to the point where boys/men don’t have the opportunities they should have, and have been relegated to the back of the bus, so to speak.
I’ve seen this in my own daughter’s education. Women have been getting preferential treatment for far too long, and to the detriment of young men and boys.
You can blame men all you want, but as one who fought against those who told me I had to be Super Woman who would have it all with a career, and a family, and be able to juggle all of that and have some “me” time, as well...I call bogus!
I don’t blame men. They have been beaten into submission.
My boys are raised as alpha types...guns, ktms, etc
the oldest one will have to be watched
this was not a dance like Homecoming or something
it’s Middle School...twice a year...a DJ and kids with refreshments
I went to one at the old YWCA on North State at 11 and yes...by then I had “kissed a girl”...in dim light listening to Gary Puckett or the Grass Roots no doubt
I later dumped her for another whimsically...she was most beautiful at Southern 7 years later and when I approached her she sneered at me and informed me it took her years to get over that 6th grade dumping...true story..and one I drill in their heads...be nice and don’t be flip with their feelings..it can get in their heads..and you might regret it ala the swan story