Abigail

Just a little more about Abigail. She is 13 years old and three months shy of 14. She seemed to be smitten by a boy also thirteen. She doesn't want to admit it but whenever she has a chance she talks about him.

It seems that these kids have a serious communication problem. Abigail told us that she and the boy skype or talk on the phone A lot but when they are face to face they can just not communicate. Abigail is shy and I guess the boy is also shy. Abigail gets excited when I call the boy boyfriend saying that she has no boyfriend. She claims she has a boy friend. And that is a big difference.

Well, for someone who is just a friend the boy seem to occupy a lot of her time.

This girlfriend boyfriend thingy is getting to be a very big subject of their lives. She keeps telling us which girl of her circle has a boyfriend and who likes whom and so on.

Now, remember again these are 13/14 year olds. This friend thing does not go outside the school. These kids don't go on dates. These kids can not cross a street without a parent present. Their relationships are strictly limited to inside the school.

But interestingly this is now a major subject between these boys and girls. It looks to me like some kind of an awakening.