I see what you're saying. & I know exactly what you are going through; you want to be older & do "big kid stuff" i guess u can say but on the other hand, you still just want to be a kid! And your friends might even be jealous if they say you're flirting b/c maybe they don't have the guts to talk to a guy yet. My brother actually just turned 12 the other day & idk...he's just...mature-er than other 12 year old boys @ home. When he's with his cousins or friends he's all crazy & acts like a normal kid. He's good by himself all day playing his PSP & his Wii system he just bought. I guess he's trying to grow up really fast as well. Reason I say that is b/c now he talks about a girl he likes in front of me, my sister, & my mom. Idk if he told my dad he likes her but whatever-my point is now he's talking about girls, he's doing daring things, he's trying to grow up!
Me & my brother are extremally close & I talk to him if something's up with my sister & I have him talk to her 4 me. I guess he's trying to be like me, b/c I walk around the house talking about my bf Andrew

cool1: ) lol & I sometimes do daring things. & when my parents & I get in a fight, it's for a day or so. Then I'd just go sit outside & lie down on the grass with my iPod. It helps me feel better somehow. Now my brother has a skateboard. He listens to his iPod (not that he can't or nobody does but...he does what I do). It makes me have a great feeling of pride in me that I'm being looked up to. So now I have to watch out with my decisions & everything. But I don't have much to worry about with decisions b/c I have parents who dont let me just leave my house when I want to & wander around the streets & elsewhere.
I'm honestly not sure of my point I'm trying to make. Just sharing experience with you Ms.Squeakers. I guess tweens (or preteens) think, "Wow look at those kids on their bikes & walking around. I want to do that!" Honestly, its not all that. Sure, it's fun but to some kids it's better to others to ride around-but do you see them go through intersections as cars are going by?! It's crazy! I don't care how much my parents would let me ride around with my friends all day, I would never think of going through an intersection like that! And another thing, I was in the mall with my mom probably like 2 weeks ago. & we're in Dylan's Candy Bar & we see these kids stealing candy out of the plastic bin things. They open it, make sure nobody is looking, & start to "taste-test" as much as they can. My mom was in...

shock! & so was I!! I'm sure the preteens these days will grow up into great teens setting great examples b/c some teens these days make really bad decisions. Not all do, but there are some kids...I can't even begin. Idk about kids in your area, but the ones a few towns over from me...I don't even want to say. Thank God I live in a good area!!
-Stephanie