Kindergarten Communication

It’s a fact that males and females communicate differently.  There are all kinds of theories about male communication styles versus females, the number of words men speak a day versus the number women speak, etc..  Just so we don’t think those styles take a long time to develop, I thought I’d give an example to support we just communicate differently – from the start. 

Nina came home from school the other day and as I was asking her about her day, the bus ride, etc., she said, “Mom, today on the bus a little boy just peeked around the seat and said ‘I like you’ to me then disappeared back in his seat.”  I started laughing, and she asked me why I was laughing, and my only response was that boys can just be funny sometimes.  I didn’t tell her that she’ll have a lifetime of trying to figure out how to communicate with boys.  I did ask her what she said back, and she said “Nothing because he just disappeared in his seat.”  Well, I really can’t blame the kid, I happen to think she’s pretty cute too!