Seriously though, if this is how fast kids grow up I really gotta get my sh!t together here.
I agree.
Fortunately my son seems oblivious to the kids growing up around him. I volunteer for a couple hours in his class and I can see the looks some of the other boys give each other when Rhys is talking. He just isn't "cool" and doesn't get "it". I don't care at this point. He is light years ahead of them intellectually and is very interested in learning. They like him and have no desire to mess with him because he has proven he won't be a punching bag. One boy made the mistake of pushing Rhys one day and he just turned around and punched him. Got sent to the office and they sent a white slip home. I went to the VP and told him we won't back up his punishment because if Rhys is defending himself he is doing what he has been taught. If Rhys hits first that is one thing, if the other kid hits first...he is screwed and we won't do a thing about it. That VP was so mad he still won't talk to me. He told me he was going to call my husband, I told him...good luck with that. He never did. It worked though, no one messes with him because they know Rhys will not take it.