Last year, my then four year old fell in love for this first time.
“He is dreeeeaammy,” she would purr. “Oh, Adri-kins.”
Luckily, her “Adri-kins” wasn’t real, rather a character on her favorite TV show. The character Adrian doubles as a superhero who saves the world with a pig-tailed super girl named Ladybug. Their true identies are unknown to each other and Ladybug’s daytime persona, Marionette, secretly pines for Adrian, unaware that he is her akuma fighting accomplice. My four year old watched her being in love, and decided she was too.
This anime style cartoon was apparently a hit with every girl in my life, and when my sweet niece turned 6 last year, she only wanted a “Miraculous” party. My youngest was a little upset at first because she didn’t want to share her beau, but she reluctantly agreed so long as her cousin agreed that she would not marry him.
