Maturing gracefully

Bee's thought of the day: Some people are older than me but not.
I was in a shopping mall and I saw those 8 year olds with hand bags and I was like, woah. Time out. This girls are 8 and carrying little hand bags and I'm older than them and you'll only catch me with a shoulder bag..... um, when was the last time I used my shoulder bag? The question I'm asking, though, is why are the girls trying to push themsleves into young adulthood when they aren't ready. I mean what ever happened to when a teacher asks you "what you want to be when you grow up?" and you say "I don't want to grow up"? Hmmmm?