Today we were talking about "clubs". Sometimes, the kids (usually the girls) make up clubs that only some of them can belong to. We (their parents) are trying to put a quick stop to this. The latest club was the "We Went to the Disney on Ice Show Club". I had a talk with Holly about this yesterday - and reminded her (because she's mentioned it recently) that she didn't like it in Junior Kindergarten when some of the kids were in the "We're 5 Years Old Club", but she and one of her classmates weren't because they hadn't had their birthday yet. She agreed that it wasn't nice to have clubs where everyone can't belong.
Tonight somehow it came up again when she was going to bed. I reiterated that we don't want clubs that exclude people - and told her that the moms and dads in her class don't make clubs without asking everyone to join. She said, "yes, if the girls have a club and they don't really want the boys to be in it, they (the boys that is) can still be in the club, even if they are playing a different game". That's logic from a child!
