Growing Pains

I have an 11 year old. He is smart, good looking, athletic and just an all around good kid.....under normal circumstances. Lately he has become moody, overbearing and mean. I have come to the conclusion that he must be hormonal. For the last few days he has been the most unhappy, unsatisfied and weepy little boy in the world. I have a dreaded feeling that he is slowly approaching the teen years!!!!! Aughhhhhhhhh! For some reason I feel an incredible need to stop, drop and pray. But thats ok...we will make it. We made it through so much already. N has been through the normal run of tragedies that foster children go through and he has survived....I feel confident he can make it through the hormonal progression of teen years. The reason I say that I think it is hormones is because he has been asking a lot of questions lately. And I am glad he feels confident enough to ask me those questions although there have been a few times when I wished he would just stop!!!!!! You cant keep them small forever though. I have been trying to answer everything he has asked openly and honestly and back everything up with scriptures. I realize its a different approach than what he might have been used to in his life prior to living with me but its the approach I choose for my children in everything. The other night he asked me if he was allowed to have a girlfriend. I immediately started running down the list of all the little girls I though might be preying on my innocent little boy so I know his mind is in the realm of the preteen ideas. I have been N's foster parent for almost 4 years now so I really feel like he is mine anyway and hopefully in January he will be. In the mean time we will ride the rollercoaster of tween emotions and see where it lands us!