My DD is 10 and it is SCARY. It's all about boys and who's boss in year 4!! Yes it seems they have grown up WAY faster than when we were young, but it seems to be the way it is everywhere. They hear things and don't always know what they're saying. I had a conversation with DD at the beginning of the year, someone had said the boys were playing "sex" games with the girls . (it was a mother who wanted to cause trouble)>
Anyway I asked DD if the boys were playing any sort of "weird" games, or games that she didn't think were right. She said "oh yer mum, they all play CRICKET, how BORING"!!!!! So she was just too niave to get my drift and I realised she was still my little girl!

I do find that alot of the girls are developing alot earlier and therefore these things are all happening sooner. But it's all about educating and talking as we go. DD at the MOMENT tells me everything and I just have to try to encourage her to be kind and not to take sides, be mean, be silly etc. It's hard but Im learning as I go. Really really dreading high school though....