While volunteering at Beverly J. Martin, I overheard a student ask his classmates, “do you have a crush on anyone in this room?” I was surprised to hear the kids talking about their this topic at such an early age. In my elementary school experience, my class was very close, and we never would think about liking each other because we were more like a family. I believe that the kids that were in this group were in fifth grade. In my school, they taught us about puberty in fifth grade. The lesson gave us a brief overview of what to expect for our gender while also learning about the other sex as well. I’m unsure if the students at BJM have had that lesson quite yet. Nowadays I feel like the kids are growing up way too fast. They have access to too many things and exposed to adult behavior at a very young age. I think this harms their development because the kids spend most of their time wanting to be like the older kids when that should enjoy their youth.