Authors note: sorry this is late I haven't had much time to post.

Second grade, age 6

Gracie was in her second grade classroom with her step mom for open house night. All her projects were up and their teacher was talking to all the parents one at a time. Mrs. Torres noticed that mostly all the other young girls were wearing dresses, skirts, or something pink while Gracie had choose to wear a pair of pants and a shirt with Spiderman on it. She also noticed that all the girls had their hair long while Gracie had begged to have hers cut short. This puzzled her but she said to herself that it was just a phase and Gracie would grow out of it soon enough. When it was her turn to talk to the teacher she introduced herself.

"Hi I'm Mrs. Torres, Gracie's step mom." She said and shook her hand.

Hi Mrs. Torres I'm Gracie's teacher its nice to meet you," she turned to Gracie "Gracie, would you mind if me and your step mom talked privately for a second?"

"Ok" Gracie replied with a shrug and walked over to one of her friends, Steven.

"Mrs. Torres I worried about Gracie, she seems to have trouble making friends in the class"

"Well she seems to be fine with that. She had a bunch of boys over for her birthday party"

"I meant with girls. Mrs. Torres, at this age, it is key for young children to start to develop their social skills, and probably one of the most important ones is being able to make friends with kids their own age. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with her being friends with boys, but she also needs to learn how to connect with girls her own age too"

As the teacher said this, Mrs. Torres saw Gracie talking to a boy she knew as Steven from her party. She couldn't recall Gracie ever playing with the girls.

"What do you suggest I do then?" asked Mrs. Torres.

"Try getting her involved in activities that are for girls, and maybe try getting her to act and dress more girly" the teacher said "Gracie is a wonderful girl and an excellent student, I have no doubt that she will be doing great soon."

"Come on Gracie lets go" said Mrs. Torres. Today is Friday so we could go shopping tomorrow and look for a girl scout organization.

Authors note: So please review and tell me what you think. I will write a short one tonight.