[color=#800080]ok i min the 8th grade all my old friends are now in 9th. my youth group (YG) went 2 a camp a few weeks ago and i had an "imature moment" if u now wut i mean.i was hanging out with alkl the 6th grades. they were fun @ camp but the last 2 days they got 2 B realy anoying they woodnt stop following me!!! now that we r back from camp they still hang out with me. thats ok sumtimes but i allso want 2 hange out with the 7 and 9 graders, BUT I CANT all the lil 6 graders folow me EVERYWERE i HATE it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!there r no other 8th graders im think im gonna die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 plz help me i need 2 no wut 2 do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:unsure: :unsure: :( :( :( :unsure: :S :S :S :angry: :S :unsure: :( :unsure: [/color]

Post edited by: hiimtaylor, at: 2007/08/31 10:21

HAHAHAHAHA YOU REAP WHATCHA SOW, ;)lol jk, I tottaly know what you mean buddy, I am in 8th grade, and anyone 2 years younger then me can kinda bother me at times, I can spend about 2 minutes with them but then I gotta run, lol. at my church the grades get outa class at seperate times, but I have a problem with that when a boy wont leave me alone! I wanna talk to my friends and he just keeps following, me, I dont get it, and then none of my friends can talk with him around so I am stuck, I dont wanna be mean and tell him to back off, but at the end I just say, "I gotta go to the bathroom, and run, lol, not the best way to handle a problem though. any other tips?

[b]hiimtaylor wrote:[/b] [quote][color=#800080]ok i min the 8th grade all my old friends are now in 9th. my youth group (YG) went 2 a camp a few weeks ago and i had an "imature moment" if u now wut i mean.i was hanging out with alkl the 6th grades. they were fun @ camp but the last 2 days they got 2 B realy anoying they woodnt stop following me!!! now that we r back from camp they still hang out with me. thats ok sumtimes but i allso want 2 hange out with the 7 and 9 graders, BUT I CANT all the lil 6 graders folow me EVERYWERE i HATE it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!there r no other 9th graders im think im gonna die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 plz help me i need 2 no wut 2 do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:unsure: :unsure: :( :( :( :unsure: :S :S :S :angry: :S :unsure: :( :unsure: [/color][/quote] awww how cute.. they look up to you! yay for the local rolemodel!! :laugh: B) dont worry about it just be nice. you can still hang around your friends. I dont think they'll look down on you for being nice to children. :P

:blush: :( :'''-( I'm a sixth grader.....

:blush: :( :'''-( I'm a sixth grader.....

:blush: :( :'''-( I'm a sixth grader.....

im not saying ALL 6th graders r lyk that if i say i g2g 2 the bathroom they all follow me it drives me CRAZY! and i cant hang out with the 9th graders cuz i think they think im imature cuz i hand with lil ppl. u no wut i mean?:dry:

Well, I know from experience that when you're that age, you really look up to the people older than you. At that age, being "cool" is very important, and teenagers are cool! I know that you're afraid the other people at youth group will look down on you because you hang out with the younger kids, but it's actually the opposite! The other people in youth group will admire what you're doing.

You are allowed to have boundaries with these kids. For example, let's say you're at lunch and all the 6th graders are around you, when you want to hang out with people your age. You can nicely tell the younger kids, "I'm sorry, but I need to hang out with some of my other frieds right now. This is our main time to talk." (For example.) If they get angry at you, then they weren't really your friends to begin with. If they understand, they hey, cool, invite them over to your house sometime. It's also possible to discourage them from hanging out by simply removing yourself from the situation. For example, if they were to come up to you right in the middle of a conversation, you can acknowledge them, say hi, but then let them know you want to talk with so-and-so. As for the older kids thinking you're 'immature', don't bother with them. If they can't like you for who you are, then they won't be very good friends. I'm sure not all of them think that way, but it just isn't worth trying to change who you are for another person. It's just going to end up being a big mess and a huge headache. Oh, and a side note: Remember that the 6th graders still aren't going to be as mature as you are. They won't necessarily understand you wanting to hang out with someone your own age instead of them. So, as the older person, you also need to understand that setting limits with them may upset them. They just don't understand always. Boundaries are a hard thing for everyone to learn.