The two girls I'm a nanny for are very into boyfriends and girlfriends. they like to play that they have boyfriends. The kids often tease me about getting a boyfriend. Friday the four year old came to me and asked to see the picture of sissy with the cowboy. I put it up on the computer for her to let her see it. She intently stared at it tilting her head one way and then the other. She then pronounced that she would be right back and ran into her bedroom. After a lot of thumping and banging she came out of the bedroom with her sister's cowgirl clothes riding a large stuffed dog using the floppy ears as rains. Then randomly started this conversation.
Me: Oh really.
Her: You can''t have a boyfriend because boys have cooties!
Me: Why do boys have cooties?
Her: Dad has cooties but it's ok because he washes his cooties.
Me: If all boys have cooties why do you want to have a boyfriend or be married?
Her: I want to marry a cowboy because he will wash his cooties for me and I will like his cooties!
Me: But what if he washes them for me?
Her: No! He only washes them for me.
Miss S. says all boys have cooties and stink. How do children come up with these things!
Two questions:
why are kids so afraid of cooties???
What really are cooties anyway?
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