"Dangerous Boys" and "Daring Girls"

Sophie loves her Daring Book for Girls and brought it with her this visit. It is one cool book. I kept borrowing it. I learned about a scary slumber party game called "Bloody Mary", had my palm read by Sophie and watched she, Ella and Gillen make friendship bracelets - all from the inner secrets of the book. Did you know that Julia Child, of French ("save the liver"!) cooking fame, was once a spy? It's true. I learned it in the book.

Seeing Sophie loving her Daring Book inspired Gillen to take a second look into his Dangerous Book For Boys. He was not disappointed. I went to say goodnight to he and Jesse and Mindy's boys in their room last night and Gillen was reading the all important Dangerous Boy's page about girls to the other boys.

This morning, Sophie shared her book's chapter about boys and Gillen read his about girls, to the females this time. I could have used this advise at their age. Girls were instructed that boys were not necessarily as gross, messy and silly as the stereotype. Friendship with boys was considered a good idea (as well as a tongue-in-cheek suggestion to maybe wait until age nineteen to take an interest in boys).The boys were warned that girls didn't necessarily like secret messages drawn in urine or to hear a boy pass gas. I liked it very much, especially as read by these two - so innocent and wise, and not in any way clueless as I was about the opposite sex. They have true friends of the opposite sex, including one another.