On May 5th, MyLO did something interesting and unexpected.
She waited with a "bouquet of roses" (that she made from some red and green linking cubes) for one of her classmates. She said that she is not in love with this girl or anything, MyLO just wanted to ask her to be her best friend. She practised the vocal part of "the proposal" several times. Then she waited in the hallway, practising a little more. She also decided she needed to go down on one knee. As soon as her classmate showed up from her French class, MyLO asked her to be her best friend. The girl accepted and MyLO hugged her.
Later, she wondered if the other kids (who came back from French as well and passed by) thought she was gay?! I told her that she was very brave and it doesn't matter what others think.
Yesterday, May 21st, MyLO drew a picture on the digital whiteboard and named it “Wonky”. I printed it out for her.
Today, May 22nd, she told me that Wonky is gay and if that’s okay?! So, I told her that it is alright for Wonky to be gay. Then, MyLO said, “I think I am gay” and I told her that’s alright too.
I did not know what to do with this information. The child is 8 years old. Initially, I wanted to talk to my principal about it. As I walked towards the office, I ran into my teacher-mentor-friend-therapist (TMFT) and decided to talk to her instead. After she heard everything, she asked me if I would tell a parent about their child being heterosexual?! If I wouldn’t, then why would I want to tell them about their child being gay?!
I believe that is a reasonable question to ask. So, I told my TMFT that I would wait to hear more from MyLO about being gay and let her decide if she wants to let her parents know.
Maybe they already know!
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