Growing up way too fast

How do you tell a 10 year old that she knows way too much? Too much about Hannah Montana, too much about boyfriends, and girlfriends. An 8 year old who knows what 'cheating' is, and not in reference to a board game. They tell me Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are engaged. The 8 year old sings me a song, by Rhianna. About love, or broken hearts, or something.

She tells me she has her whole life mapped out. I listen, fascinated. She knows what kind of guy she wants to marry (Tall, handsome, rich, with a British accent because she loves listening to it.) She knows how many kids she wants to have (8, or however many Hashem wants.) She knows where she wants to live (Georgia. No idea why.) She wants to live in a big house with 3 floors, with a pool. She wants to make $5,000 a month. (She couldn't figure out how much that comes to a year.) She wants to be an artist, photographer, and producer. I asked her what she wants to produce. She said, I don't know, maybe movies.

I tell her she knows too much for her age, and she should go play with barbies. She tells me, in a voice that says 'you are so naive', that ALL her classmates know all this stuff too. That they all watch TV. She tells me, like I am an idiot, that she knows even more than what she is telling me. She teases her 18 year old brother that he has a girlfriend.

Then she asks me, in all seriousness, what kind of guy I'm looking for. Yes everybody, a 10 year old Shadchan. She asks me what he should look like, do I want a tall guy, short, fat or skinny, handsome or ugly. I respond, very diplomatically, that it is the inside that matters more, and that 'Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.'

I can't believe I'm discussing this with a 10 year old. Am I extremely naive, or has this generation deteriorated so vastly? I am discussing things with a 10 year old and an 8 year old that they shouldn't even know. That I shouldn't even know about. Where did it go wrong?

I tell this little girl (she claims she is already a teenager. Maybe THAT'S the problem) that if she knows all this stuff now, what will there be for her to know when she gets older? She scoffs and says, "I won't watch TV when I'm older. I will know like, science and stuff."

Good luck, little girl.