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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't think what's happening is meanness.  When kids are young, they tend to just stick with the kids they have always known.  Once they get to middle school, they start hanging out with people they have more in common with as opposed to those from their neighborhood or whose parents are friends with theirs....It's a natural progression.  Sometimes they just don't know how to navigate the transition.  I say this as someone with a DC who was the old friend being excluded.  Just tell you DD it's natural for friends to start changing at this age and it doesn't make either party a bad person.  [/quote]

I agree with this.  The idea that our kids are going to meet their lifelong best friends in elementary school and/or stay with the same group is not always realistic or even healthy for most kids.

Yes, they sometimes handle the transitions poorly.  But try to help them focus on the fact that new friendships will form and these will likely be based on connecting with other kids they have things in common with or who they frankly, just like better.  The whole one door closes, another one opens idea.

But yes, it's very painful.

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