Usually, 9 year old Hmong boys are not thinking about girls yet... just toy cars and playing with marbles... but Hmong girls (back then) are beginning to notice boys...
In some ways, the meka girls now a days are adopting that early dating that Hmong girls used to do... but they date kids their own age. I am keeping my girls innocent. We talk about it, but they know I won't let them date until they are older.