I’ll just let you know, it’s late and I’ve had little sleep these past few days and so I’m teetering on the edge of delirium. If this post goes sideways, you’ll at least know why!
This week we had visitors — three little girls who stayed for 5 days (ages 3, 7 and 9). These little visitors just happen to be good friends with my girls and so they played non-stop and full-tilt every chance they had.
Because I’m taking statistics right now (and getting ready to write my midterm — feel free to cross your fingers on my behalf!), I’ll give you some fast facts: the median age of females in our house was 8. My age (35) is an outlier and so we could exclude it from any further calculations, as it tends to skew our data. If we do so, the mean age of females was 7.33 years.
No matter what calculations I do though, there just doesn’t seem to be any explanation as to why little girls prolifically and prolongedly scream (and oh, please don’t tell my English prof I just wrote ‘prolongedly’ — I know it’s not a word, I just can’t think of anything better right now and I’m too tired to look for alternatives).
So, back to the screaming, do you know why they do it? It is some sort of overload or misfire on the X chromosome that occurs when they congregate? I think if it is, we must gradually grow out of it. Or at least I hope to goodness we do. Packs of screaming women would get really old, really fast.
The visiting little girls have gone home now and our house is quiet once again and so I find myself able to concentrate and I’ve even got some free time happening.
I’m still pondering why little girls scream though. Any ideas?
Why do little girls scream? Because they can. (For a philospher, I make a good biologist, eh?) I don’t know what the evolutionary advantage(?) for the girl scream is, but I’m also glad we eventually outgrow it. Except for those women on The Price is Right. What’s up with that???
You know you misspelled “statistics”. It should be “sadistics.” Just sayin’. : ) Good luck with the midterm!
Here’s my theory:
The energy contained within a little girl rises exponentially when exposed to another girl of similar age. The more girls, the more energy. The energy level thus rises to a point where it can no longer be restricted within its original container and, accordingly, must “overflow”. Only the end result of this dynamic differs between little girls and little boys. Girls scream. Boys play fight/ shoot/ karate chop each other.
Woe to the adult in close proximity to a large group of both little girls and little boys combined. As an aside, this is why my dayhome provider has my highest respect and admiration (in addition to my post-dated cheques) *L*
Enjoy the peace and good luck with the exam, sister dear π
LOLOL! You both make perfect sense. π
Thanks for the good luck!
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We live directly across the road from a middle school and at their recesses one little girl screams constantly. She must be having the time of her young life. The other day as they were coming out of the building … it looked like there were only two children thru the doors…the little girl let out with a scream. No reason…just to be screaming. She’s pretty good too. Should be in the movies.
I don’t envy you the noise of that! It’s good that she’s having fun, though. Perhaps she *will* make a career of it. π