My friend tender[hooligan] commented about the fact that my daughter is quite a responsible 9 year old, which she is. She always talks to me and tells me things that I think many other mothers aren’t told. But of course when she gets a few years older she will very likely want to rebel, as we all did when we were younger. I often wondered if her rebellion would lead to her become chav-like as I am quite hippy-like. Thankfully it seems this is not to be the case, phew! As I’ve said before we live in chav central so quite a few of Maisie’s friends are chav spawn, and they are lovely children. Maisie was talking to one of her friends about what she wanted to be when she was older, not what job they wanted to do, but which tribe they would belong to. Maisie’s friend said she wanted to be a chav because she ‘likes the way they walk’ Maisie turns to her and says ‘I want to be a goth because they get to wear great make-up and dye their hair’. I have to say the goth girls of today are not like those of my day and I would be happy for Maisie to be a part of that clan.
I have just 4 years to wait till the teenage years hit, it will be interesting to see if she still feels the same then. I do hope so, I’ve got the hair dye and make up ready!
