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[quote=Anonymous]My 12 year old is shy and extroverted. He tends to hold back in a group setting (e.g. middle school lunch room) and really craves the smaller group interaction. Last year we were new in the area and he didn't get much of that during the week, and it was hard. This year he's got kids to meet at the park afterschool, is involved in some smaller group activities (e.g. stage crew for the school play), plays a team sport and we seem to have found a good balance. I would say that he is spending time with other kids almost every day outside of school, about 50/50 structured activities and just hanging out. That's what works for us. An introverted child (like me as a kid), or a child who is very outgoing may well get all their social needs met during the school day, especially if you add on extracurriculars.[/quote]
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